The first step is rethinking the way we view housing – as home and shelter rather than an investment or commodity.
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Despite some pleasing announcements, the budget still leaves many Australian renters facing significant pressures.
With the government’s legislation passing the senate, Australia has new tax concessions to drive the construction of rental properties. Here’s how they work.
Progress on housing policy has been patchy, in part because there’s no national plan guiding efforts to address homelessness. A bill currently in front of parliament could fix this.
The people with the worst health often live in rental homes likely to make them sicker, and poor policy could make it worse.
As they fight for the affections of the same voters, the two parties have engaged in a particularly nasty debate over housing.
Three bills to go before parliament confirm the Albanese government is restoring the Commonwealth to a leadership role on housing issues. But there are still gaps in its approach.
Your rights as a renter in Australia vary according to where you live. Here’s what you need to know.
A new Australian documentary gives voice to the women in urgent need of policy action on housing insecurity and homelessness.
Relaxing restrictions on small and non-traditional houses can help to increase the supply of affordable rental housing.
JobKeeper and the COVID Supplement to JobSeeker benefits will be gone in a week. The combined effect will be to halve some recipients’ incomes and the rent they can afford.
Even before the pandemic added to their financial stresses, a survey of international students suggests more than 20,000 were renting beds that are available to them for only certain hours.
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.
The impacts of the pandemic on jobs and incomes have been so widespread and severe that low-income households can afford very few properties despite rents falling in some parts of our capital cities.
High rents and insecurity are constant sources of financial and emotional stress for low-income women. They describe what it’s like struggling to survive and being one step away from being homeless.
Representatives of tenants and agents agree that leaving individuals to try to sort out rent reductions has created a mess. It calls for government to step in to look after both renters and landlords.
It’s time to reset Canada’s housing policies to make cities more affordable and more socially just places to live.
Platforms like Airbnb have been blamed for reducing the rental housing supply and pushing up rents. But investors seeking more security might now want to offer their properties to long-term renters.
Helping tenants find work supposedly creates a pathway into private rental housing, freeing up social housing for others. Private rental costs and the situations of many tenants make that unrealistic.
Labor’s rental affordability scheme had its problems, but let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Adjunct associate, Swinburne University of Technology
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Alan Morris is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate professor in urbanism, University of Sydney
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Research Associate, Centre for People, Organisation and Work, RMIT University
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Housing Policy Researcher, Expert Advisor, Housing Assessment Resource Tools and Adjunct Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, HHAUS Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Coordinator, University of Toronto
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Professor of Housing Research, Adelaide University
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Adjunct Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Senior Research Fellow, Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies (HHAUS) research group, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Society, Western Sydney University
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PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, and Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor & Associate Investigator ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology