Elsewhere I spoke of ‘Avoiding the spring of carnage’ with a focus on rental assistance programs during the COVID-19 crisis. So, how might this mountain of debt be played out.

Here, I examine landlords’ insurance. Two clear issues appear to be emerging:

Daniel Ziffer recently wrote for the ABC about the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for renting households being simply ‘kicked down the road’ leading to a spring of ‘carnage’. He argued that temporary evictions moratorium measures across the country provided inadequate protection, given that in many, if not most, cases they were leading to rent reductions that were really rent deferrals.

Today Anglicare released the latest version of its Affordability Snapshot which looks at the number of available and affordable properties for people on low incomes.

Anglicare:

Renters are on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. Many are losing their incomes, and some are scared of being forced out of their homes.

Yesterday (15 April) the measures announced by the NSW Government on Monday to support renters kicked into gear. This means NSW now has implemented a 6 month moratorium on evictions, but it’s complicated. It doesn't cover all evictions, or all renters.

This piece originally published at https://10daily.com.au/news/australia/a200409tgmno/loopholes-could-allow-people-to-be-evicted-during-coronavirus-20200409 and republished with permission of 10daily.

A couple days ago, we received a call from a colleague who works in the homelessness sector.