For renting to become a truly viable, long-term alternative to home ownership, greater rental affordability and security is needed.
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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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Research Associate, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, 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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Associate Professor and Discipline Lead Property, Curtin University
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Scientia Associate Professor, 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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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 Research, University of Adelaide
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS | Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer, Thomas More Law School, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Lincoln
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Associate Lecturer, Law School, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
