Investing in housing means providing a home. National tenancy reforms are reshaping the role of landlords to reflect this responsibility.
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Sydney’s Domain, Melbourne’s Dudley Flats and the banks of the River Torrens in Adelaide were just a few places where communities of people experiencing homelessness sprung up in the early 1930s.
It’s getting much harder in the US to find an affordable home, even for people who work multiple jobs.
In a damp or water-damaged environment, toxic mould species grow and release spores that can cause health problems if inhaled.
Studies show that tenants facing eviction who have a lawyer are a lot less likely to lose their home.
‘Informal evictions’ in which landlords harass or pressure tenants out of their homes continued during the the pandemic and may have even seen an increase.
A legal scholar explains background on the ruling, what it means and who’s affected.
Millions of Americans with tens of billions in unpaid rent face eviction and loss of their home.
Laneway suites could increase rental stock in established neighbourhoods without affecting their character. Toronto has lagged behind other cities in Canada and North America.
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 displacement of low-income households in favour of middle- and high-income professionals in Kumasi is a cause for concern.
The CDC’s sweeping eviction moratorium leaves more questions than answers – as well as concerns that it merely pushes the problem into winter.
Of the students with jobs, 60% lost them and and two-thirds of the rest had hours cut. As they struggled, and often failed, to get rents and tuition fees reduced, precarious lives became even harder.
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.
Older women have been the fastest-growing group of homeless people in recent years. New research shows about 240,000 women aged 55 or older and another 165,000 women aged 45-54 are at risk.
Public housing renewal often aims for a 70:30 private-public mix of dwellings. Modelling shows applying this mix to Waterloo housing estate would cut the suburb’s social housing share from 30% to 17%.
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.
Australians faces an even more unequal future unless post-pandemic housing policy focuses on equity, solidarity and security. .
Many want to do the right thing – tenants and landlords alike. But they lack guidance on how to go about it while still keeping their own heads above water.
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.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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Professor of Social Epidemiology and Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, HHAUS Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic, University of Memphis
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Research Fellow, Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield
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Research Associate, HHAUS research group, 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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Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning, University of Kansas
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Emeritus Professor of Urban Policy, The New School
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Research Professor, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Adjunct lecturer, Victoria University
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, Social Policy and Housing, University of Stirling
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Professor of Housing Research, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor, Hill and Levene Schools of Business, University of Regina