With submissions on the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill closing next month, now is the time to consider how the changes could affect New Zealand’s 1.7 million renters.
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Research Associate, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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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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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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PhD Candidate, Swinburne University, and Lecturer in Public Health, Torrens University Australia
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Associate Profesor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo
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Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Architecture, University of South Australia
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Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Leadership and Management, Edge Hill University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
