A loose patchwork of measures and systems has left millions at risk of slipping through the cracks as the pandemic’s economic downturn hits.
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Current measures prohibiting the eviction of tenants and helping them through the financial crisis won’t last forever. A 40-year-old voucher program might be a longer term solution.
Even as Americans are all told to remain at home, millions are now unemployed and must scramble to figure out how to pay for that home.
In 1931, the NSW government passed landmark legislation reducing rents by 22.5% and banning evictions indefinitely. The reforms, however, were short-lived and many people ended up in tent cities.
Housing is our first line of defence against coronavirus, so leaving someone homeless increases the risk for everyone. Australia should follow other countries in imposing a moratorium on evictions.
Housing policy needs to prioritise housing’s function as a home, rather than an asset.
The unresolved compensation of Zimbabwe’s evicted white farmers needs to be settled quickly, as it stands in the way of economic recovery.
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Emeritus Professor of Urban Policy, The New School
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Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic, University of Memphis
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Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning, University of Kansas
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Assistant Professor of Economics, The College of Wooster
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Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor (Housing Policy), Adelaide University, and Research Associate, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, University of Essex
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ARC DECRA Fellow and Lecturer in Urbanism, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Economics, Pace University
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PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Guelph
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Assistant Professor of Business Economics, Indiana University
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Policy Analyst, Boston University
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Research Associate, Idaho Policy Institute, Boise State University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska Omaha