Analysis of online listings on common online platforms shows even modest reductions in Airbnb listings increased supply of longer-term rentals. The result was lower local rents.
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Once rent is paid, having to live on only $14 a day doesn't cover the costs of job seeking. The evidence of the need to increase Newstart and Rent Allowance is overwhelming.
The housing aspirations of young Australians change as they enter their late 20s and early 30s. But having somewhere safe and secure to call home is the top priority for all young adults.
With Australian city rents too high for low-income earners, increasing numbers are forced to share houses or rooms or to live in options like 'beds in sheds' and other illegal dwellings.
While share houses are more a matter of financial necessity than choice, many older Australians are discovering it has unexpected social benefits for them.
The share house may be taken for granted now, but before the late 1960s it was hard for women to live independently of families or husbands. For some, communal housing was life-changing.
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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ARC DECRA Fellow and Lecturer in Urbanism, School of Architecture, Design and 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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Peter Phibbs is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney
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Patrick Harris is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Research Fellow, (Acting) Deputy Director, CHETRE, UNSW
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Research Associate, Future Social Service Institute, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Sydney
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Professor; School of Economics, Finance and Property, and Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Curtin Research Centre, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Curtin University
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Adjunct associate, Swinburne University of Technology
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PhD candidate, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Research Associate in Housing Studies, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Assistant, University of Sydney
