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Simple tips to improve your chances of having your mortgage application accepted.
Renters face all types of housing discrimination, new research has found. This needs to be taken into consideration when it comes to relying on the private sector to help with emergency housing.
Even changing the tax system won’t end steadily-climbing property prices. They are the result of urbanisation, and while COVID has eased some of the pressures, it has added some more.
There are many strategies needed simultaneously to address housing affordability in Canada. The expansion of social housing supply is a particularly effective one.
Most research on unaffordable housing has focused on homeownership, but rental affordability is also a serious issue.
Hamilton city council’s vote to pass an anti-renoviction bylaw is an important step in addressing housing affordability in Ontario.
If the cause of the mould is related to the design and construction of the house, rental providers should act.
Alan Kohler’s Quarterly Essay lays out how the policies of successive governments have not only failed to address housing problems, but actively created them.
Labour’s 2021 property tax changes were meant to lower the cost of housing. But without a proper capital gains tax it only hurt investors and renters, and made the tax system overall less coherent.
Most Australians want to age at home, where they can remain connected to their communities and neighbourhoods. But what happens if you’re renting?
Here are 12 questions worth considering before you sign a residential tenancy agreement.
Mortgaged households have faced a 17.5% increase in living costs over the past two years, compared to 10.8% for households who rent.
Do you ever worry about how Airbnb rentals might be affecting your neighbourhood? Your concerns might not be misplaced.
These days people prefer to simply have access to goods and services, rather than outright owning them. But what does this mean for the future of consumerism?
Many tenants might fail to report problems out of fear of being evicted.
Landlords don’t think renters will pay more for homes with rooftop solar. But the evidence suggests otherwise.
In order to ensure new multi-unit housing prioritizes comfort and health, future residents and building owners should know what design choices to advocate for.
An expert breaks down the new proposals.
Mould is a health hazard and renters are most at risk. Here experts in health, law, building and construction examine the problem of mould in homes and offer guidance for both renters and landlords.
Top contributors
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Research Fellow, Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield
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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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Adjunct lecturer, Victoria University
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ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University
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Associate Professor in Urban Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University
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Research Professor, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Law, Discipline of Law, Justice and Society, University of South Australia
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Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Senior Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide, and Research Associate, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, University of Essex
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
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Assistant Professor, Hill and Levene Schools of Business, University of Regina
