Caitlin Buckle – The Conversation

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July 2, 2026

Can tighter rules on short‑stay rentals help the long‑term market?

Caitlin Buckle, UNSW ; Nicole Gurran, University of Sydney, and Peter Phibbs, University of Sydney

There are some promising results for local residents from different states’ approaches.

Darren Fisher

February 22, 2021

Can I have a pet and be housed, too? It all depends…

Wendy Stone, Swinburne University of Technology; Amity James, Curtin University; Caitlin Buckle, University of Sydney; Darren C Fisher, Swinburne University of Technology; Debbie Faulkner, University of South Australia; Emma Power, Western Sydney University; Selina Tually, University of South Australia, and Zoe Goodall, Swinburne University of Technology

Trying to find housing can be a nightmare for pet owners, especially those who need it in a crisis. The inconsistencies from state to state and between different forms of housing demand reform.

Mick Tsikas/AAP

December 1, 2020

What did COVID do to rental markets? Rents fell as owners switched from Airbnb

Caitlin Buckle, University of Sydney; Nicole Gurran, University of Sydney; Patrick Harris, UNSW ; Peter Phibbs, University of Sydney; Rashi Shrivastava, University of Sydney, and Tess Lea, University of Sydney

Analysis of online listings on common online platforms shows even modest reductions in Airbnb listings increased supply of longer-term rentals. The result was lower local rents.

Defective apartment buildings aren’t just affecting the evacuated residents – the whole sector is suffering from a crisis of confidence. Paul Miller/AAP

November 20, 2019

Lack of information on apartment defects leaves whole market on shaky footings

Martin Loosemore, University of Technology Sydney; Bill Randolph, UNSW ; Caitlin Buckle, UNSW ; Hazel Easthope, UNSW , and Laura Crommelin, UNSW

The difficulty of finding out about building defects creates an information deficit that threatens public confidence and stability in the apartment market. NSW has begun work on a solution.

While state investment decreases on average with distance from the CBD, Melbourne’s neediest suburbs aren’t forgotten. ymgerman from www.shutterstock.com

August 15, 2017

Melbourne shows up Sydney in funding the most disadvantaged suburbs

Ilan Wiesel, The University of Melbourne; Caitlin Buckle, UNSW , and Fanqi Liu, The University of Melbourne

The neediest suburbs get a much poorer deal in Sydney than in Melbourne. A new study provides a suburb-by-suburb breakdown of state investment, including what facilities and services have been funded.

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