This report argues that while renting has become a long-term reality for many Queenslanders, the policy settings governing the rental market have failed to keep pace with the changing nature of housing in Australia. Queensland has an opportunity to modernise its rental system in a way that improves fairness, workforce mobility and housing access.

This research investigates a range of short-term rental accommodation (STRA) models across Australia and their impacts on housing markets and communities. It identifies the policy responses most likely to resolve the competing demands for short- and long-term rental housing. Understanding STRA models, provider motivations, and impacts is key to effective policy development and regulation.

This snapshot highlights the lived experience of those on low incomes in southern Queensland, trying to find a home that is both affordable and appropriate. The findings continue to expose an alarming trend in the private rental market. It found there were no affordable and appropriate rental properties for households on income support with children.

The snapshot tracks Australia’s private rental market, surveying around 49,000 rental listings nationwide. It measures whether Australians on low incomes can afford to rent a home on the private market. This year's snapshot shows people on the lowest incomes have no access to the private rental market.

This report investigates racism in Victoria’s rental housing system and how it affects the health and wellbeing of renters from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. The study documents racism at every stage of the rental journey: searching, applying, living in and exiting a tenancy. Experiences include being denied housing or steered away from certain areas.