Short-stay rentals are outnumbering long-term rentals in regional Western Australia by 15 to one, prompting new calls to check their growth.

In Nannup, the ratio stands at 90 to one.

Press PLAY to hear David Taylor discuss the Nannup rental crisis

David Taylor, Shire of Nannup chief executive, told 6PR Drive host Jamie Burnett that balancing the need to cater to tourists and housing long-term tenants is a real challenge.

“The problem with the short-stay and the long-stay balance is that what someone can rent a property out for a week and have a continuous tenant per week, they can basically earn that in about two or three nights of a short-stay rate,” he said.

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