Trying to find housing can be a nightmare for pet owners, especially those who need it in a crisis. The inconsistencies from state to state and between different forms of housing demand reform.
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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.
In 2016, a Victorian court decided an Airbnb arrangement was a lease. ‘Guests’ could be protected by tenancy law, including against eviction. And in this case the host was evicted for subletting.
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.
Having quality housing matters. What’s standing in the way of ensuring every Australian has housing that meets basic comfort and health standards? And how can we overcome these problems?
Western Australia is leading a legal shift across Australia that seeks to remove the legal and financial barriers that prevent women from leaving an abusive household.
Renting a house shouldn’t mean it’s not home. Until we change our meaning of home by separating it from ownership, we will never be able to “fix” Australia’s housing crisis.
Proposed changes to NSW rental tenancy law are an improvement, but do not end the excessive rent increases and “no grounds” evictions that put renters – and older women in particular – at risk.
Residential tenancy reforms are before the NSW parliament, but a key reform is missing. In this open letter, housing academics call for an end to landlords’ power to terminate leases with ‘no grounds’.
Grenfell Tower residents tragically got the world’s attention only after a disastrous fire. So what would public housing residents in Australia say about their living conditions?
For renting to become a truly viable, long-term alternative to home ownership, greater rental affordability and security is needed.
Any attempt to improve security for tenants should not deprive them, or their landlords, of the flexibility that many also want. The key problem is landlords’ ability to give notice without a reason.
With tenancy laws under review, a ruling that landlords must maintain residential premises in good repair even if dilapidated is hailed as a ‘landmark’ decision. That tells us reform is needed.
Landlords and property agents often apply ‘no pets’ rules even though many households see them as part of the family. Their difficulty in finding rental housing then becomes a source of great stress.
Australia is the world capital for property speculation. Australians play property like Monopoly: buying, selling, demolishing, rebuilding, extending, renovating, always with the promise of appreciation…
For all our talk about housing affordability, few people want house prices to drop. That’s because most Australians are home owners, and much of our wealth is stored in housing. But recent figures released…
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Associate Professor, Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Law and Ageing, UniSA: Justice and Society, University of South Australia
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Director, Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Healthy Urban Environments Collaboratory, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Senior Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Lincoln
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Senior Lecturer, College of Law and Justice, Victoria University
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Scientia Associate Professor, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Curtin University
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Associate Lecturer, Law School, UNSW Sydney
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Research Associate in Housing Studies, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow & Deputy Director, HACRU, University of Tasmania
