6 July 2021 Posted In: Uncategorized

The Market Herald

A new type of land tenure that provides an alternative to strata title is now in effect in WA.

The Community Titles Act 2018 gives effect to a new type of tenure and subdivision – the community scheme — which offers an alternative to strata.

A community scheme enables the subdivision of a single parcel of freehold land into multiple schemes, called community titles schemes.

To read the article in full, including comments from UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck, click here.

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