Rental housing
Alternative labels
Rent
Tenancy
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Pandemic pain: Victorian renters in lockdown
Tenants Victoria, the state's peak body for renters, surveyed renters about the financial impact of public-health lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey, conducted immediately after Victoria's fifth lockdown in August 2021, found that 69% said they were financially impacted by lockdowns, while more than half said they were struggling to pay rent.
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Rent controls: the next mistake in housing policy
This paper explains the reasons rent controls in New Zealand should be avoided, with reference to some recent empirical studies on their effects.
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A comparison of renters and homeowners in recent decades
This paper covers the recent history of the housing market in the United States, from the latter half of the 20th century to today. It compares homeowner and renter experiences, and examines government policies meant to ease the financial burdens of finding and maintaining housing.
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Urban productivity and affordable rental housing supply in Australian cities and regions
This study examined relationships between urban productivity and affordable rental housing, focusing particularly on the availability of affordable housing relative to employment and labour markets in capital and satellite cities.
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The crumbling Australian dream: an examination of Australia’s housing sector
Owning a home has always been a cornerstone of the Australian dream. This paper, written by Federal Labor MP for Macnamara, Josh Burns, demonstrates that it's a dream that is crumbling for far too many Australians.