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Queenstown seems to be in a losing battle on affordable housing as its average property value crosses more than two million dollars.\xa0

That's a 50% increase on 2019.\xa0

The district's wait list for affordable homes has crossed 13-hundred eligible local families.\xa0

And tourism operators have turned to buying empty hotels to house workers in.\xa0

Community Housing Trust Chief Executive Julie Scott told Mike Hosking Airbnbs continue to be a major contributing issue.\xa0

She says visitor accommodation is having long-term impacts on rental properties, with 27% of Queenstown homes unoccupied.\xa0

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