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Australia builds only 45,000 new homes per quarter. If we really want to fix the rent crisis we’ll have to build more.
The stigma around poverty and government benefits can make those initiatives less effective.
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.
People age differently depending on the lives they lead. DNA testing shows every year of living in a privately rented home add 2.4 weeks of ageing compared to those who own their home.
Here are 12 questions worth considering before you sign a residential tenancy agreement.
Interest rate rises have an uneven effect depending on your savings, living conditions and stage of life.
Small suburbs have a track record of blocking new housing. Two urban policy experts explain why that’s a problem and what metro areas could do about it.
Landlords don’t think renters will pay more for homes with rooftop solar. But the evidence suggests otherwise.
In order for Canada to overcome the housing affordability crisis, individuals, families, the real estate industry and government all need to work together.
While all groups experienced increased housing vulnerability after the pandemic hit, only people of Asian descent continued to see their situations worsen in 2021 as the US spent trillions trying to soften the impact.
As property values skyrocket, long-term renters — many of whom are elderly — face the very real risk of homelessness.
Your rights as a renter in Australia vary according to where you live. Here’s what you need to know.
Tenancy law and rent raises are complex - an expert breaks it down.
Investing in housing means providing a home. National tenancy reforms are reshaping the role of landlords to reflect this responsibility.
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.
Top contributors
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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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Research Fellow, Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield
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Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic, University of Memphis
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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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Assistant Professor, Hill and Levene Schools of Business, University of Regina
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Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
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Research Professor, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Social Policy and Housing, University of Stirling
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Adjunct lecturer, Victoria University
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Senior Research Fellow, Acting Director, CHETRE, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
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Professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
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Senior Research Fellow, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
