5 steps to take if you’re struggling with rent
Georgia Lenton-Williams (National Debt Helpline) (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market, Young people.Go to: https://tillymoney.com.au/5-steps-to-take-if-youre-struggling-wi…
End of COVID disaster payments looms large for stressed tenants
Kate Burke Domain (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Federal Government, Housing market, State Government.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/tenants-bracing-for-end-of-covid-…
How to be the best landlord to your tenants
Sue Williams Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Repairs, Starting-a-tenancy, Fixtures - lights, aircon etc, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/how-to-be-the-best-landlord-to-yo…
Low availability of housing is driving wealth inequality across Australia, experts say
Bianca Healey (No paywall) # Public-and-community-housing, Rent, Affordable housing, Families, Housing market.Go to: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/housing-availability-public-h…
Community Lawyer of the Year
Tenants' Union of NSW (No paywall) # Aboriginal-renters, Community Legal Centres, Coronavirus COVID-19.Go to: https://www.facebook.com/TUNSW
Police enforcing strict lock-in a ‘worst nightmare’ for vulnerable Sydney social housing residents
Zena Chamas The Guardian (No paywall) # Public-and-community-housing, Coronavirus COVID-19, Health, State Government.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/15/police-en…
Open Letter on the Lockdown of Common Ground Sydney Residents
(No paywall) # Public-and-community-housing, Coronavirus COVID-19, Human rights.Go to: https://legalobserversnsw.org/2021/09/10/open-letter-on-the-lock…
Essential workers face rental stress right across Sydney
Kate Burke and Melissa Heagney Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Families, Housing affordability, Housing market.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/essential-workers-face-rental-str…
More financial support on offer for struggling tenants, landlords
Kayla Osbourne (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, State Government.Go to: https://www.theleader.com.au/story/7420071/more-financial-suppor…
Victoria to offer rent relief payments
Rachel Eddie The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/victoria-on-track-for-f…
Tackling Energy Poverty
Marlene Even (No paywall) # Rent, Utilities-electricity-water-gas, Housing market.Go to: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode/898435
Investor inspections allowed to go ahead in Sydney, with health orders updated to address confusion
Kate Burke Domain (No paywall) # Privacy-and-access, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/investors-inspections-allowed-to-…
Locked down neighbours complain about kids using chalk on driveway
Caitlin Fitzsimmons The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Strata, Coronavirus COVID-19, Local Government.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/locked-down-neighbours-compl…
Tenant’s Union of NSW calls for extension of eviction moratorium and stronger rental protections
Kate Burke and Tawar Razaghi Domain (No paywall) # Eviction, Privacy-and-access, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, No-grounds evictions, State Government.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/tenants-union-of-nsw-calls-for-ex…
Financial support for NSW tenants and landlords extended amid lockdown
Kate Burke Domain (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/financial-support-for-nsw-tenants…
Should home inspections be suspended for areas that are in lockdown?
ABC (No paywall) # Privacy-and-access, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market.Go to: https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2107H138S00
Landlords Banning Renters From Cooking With Spices Isn’t Just Illegal, It’s Racist
Millie Roberts (No paywall) # Discrimination, Privacy-and-access, Rent, Landlords and agents, Race and ethnicity.Go to: https://junkee.com/spice-racism-rental/304739
Knowing your rental rights during Sydney’s COVID lockdown
Emily Hutchinson (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.realestate.com.au/news/knowing-your-rental-rights-du…
Renters worried about inspections breaching Sydney COVID restrictions, warns tenants union
David Taylor ABC (No paywall) # Privacy-and-access, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market, Landlords and agents, Regional NSW.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-04/renters-worried-about-ins…
The eviction moratorium in the U.S. expired. Here’s how other countries handled such bans.
Miriam Berger (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market, International.Go to: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/01/eviction-rent-mo…
Renters on COVID-19 Disaster Payment set to face housing stress or rent debt
Elizabeth Redman Domain (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market, State Government.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/renters-on-covid-19-disaster-paym…
‘Stressful’: Sydney tenants served eviction notices during lockdown
Eden Gillespie SBS (No paywall) # Eviction, Privacy-and-access, Coronavirus COVID-19, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/stressful-sydney-tenants-se…
Tenants asked to leave home for inspections during Sydney lockdown
Eden Gillespie SBS (No paywall) # Privacy-and-access, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market, Landlords and agents, State Government.Go to: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/tenants-asked-to-leave-home…
NSW renters fear inspections virus risk
Hannah Ryan Canberra Times (No paywall) # Privacy-and-access, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market, Landlords and agents, State Government.Go to: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7352853/nsw-renters-fear-…
'Extravagant' rental prices push more renters into temporary accommodation, accelerating homelessness
Keira Proust and Simon Lauder ABC (No paywall) # Land-lease-communities, Rent, Homelessness, Regional NSW, State Government.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-16/extravagant-rental-prices…
As Australia faces a rental crisis, is it time to re-introduce price caps?
Allison Worrall Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Affordable housing, Housing market, Landlords and agents, Regional NSW.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/as-australia-faces-a-rental-crisi…
Vulnerable renters put out despite reinstated ban on evictions during lockdown
Sasha Foot (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19.Go to: https://cityhubsydney.com.au/2021/07/vulnerable-renters-left-in-…
Young renters cry out against ‘lack of respect’ in rental market
Bianca Dabu (No paywall) # Discrimination, Rent, Housing market, Young people.Go to: https://www.nestegg.com.au/invest-money/property/young-renters-c…
Tenants have little support, protections three weeks into lockdown with no end in sight
Tawar Razaghi Domain (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market, State Government.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/tenants-have-little-support-prote…
Sydney renters receive protections with 60-day evictions ban, increased support payments
Tawar Razaghi Domain (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Homelessness, Housing market, State Government.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/sydney-renters-receive-protection…
Soaring rental prices creating housing crisis in regional NSW
Kate Burke Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market, Regional NSW.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/soaring-rental-prices-creating-ho…
Housing affordability, poor quality housing among top issues for young renters, survey finds
Kate Burke Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Repairs, Housing market, No-grounds evictions.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/housing-affordability-poor-qualit…
Young Renters: We hear you!
Tenants' Union of NSW and Youth Action NSW Tenants' Union of NSW (No paywall) # Rent, Young people.Go to: https://www.tenants.org.au/news/young-renters-we-hear-you
Concerns for Sydney tenants if lockdown continues
Emily Hutchinson (No paywall) # Privacy-and-access, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19.Go to: https://www.realestate.com.au/news/concerns-for-sydney-tenants-i…
Financial support, eviction protections urged for renters amid Sydney lockdown
Kate Burke Domain (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, State Government.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/financial-support-and-eviction-pr…
Sydney lockdown: Tenants lack eviction protections, adequate financial support, advocates warn
Tawar Razaghi Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market, State Government.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/sydney-lockdown-tenants-lack-evic…
Sick of 12-month leases? Here's how to find a long-term rental
Grace Jennings-Edquist ABC (No paywall) # Public-and-community-housing, Rent, Starting-a-tenancy, Housing market.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/how-to-find-a-long-term-rental-h…
Focus on housing
Cassie McCullagh ABC (No paywall) # Rent, Affordable housing, Housing market, Tax.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/sydney/programs/focus/focus/13369208
Has COVID induced property vacancies swung the balances of power in the inner-city property market?
Daniel Lo Surdo (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://cityhubsydney.com.au/2021/06/has-covid-induced-property-…
Renters in casual work during COVID-19 need more help to stay at home in lockdowns, tenant groups warn
Elizabth Redman Domain (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Regional NSW.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/renters-in-casual-work-during-cov…
Federal budget's failure to address affordable housing 'embarrassing'
Emily Hutchinson (No paywall) # Rent, Affordable housing, Coronavirus COVID-19, Federal Government, Home ownership.Go to: https://www.realestate.com.au/news/federal-budgets-failure-to-ad…
Why are people so pissed off about the refurb of Sydney's Sirius building?
(No paywall) # Public-and-community-housing, Estate renewal, Housing market, State Government.Go to: https://www.instagram.com/p/CO9aUiXNEHH/?igshid=11ds6acysqw1n
Generation Rent: Renting forever doesn't mean failing
Emily Hutchinson (No paywall) # Rent, Home ownership, Housing market, Young people.Go to: https://www.realestate.com.au/news/generation-rent-renting-forev…
Renters edge towards cliff as Australia halts evictions bans and welfare support
Luke Henriques-Gomes The Guardian (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/may/02/renters-e…
‘People are desperate’: Regional renters forced to apply for homes sight unseen
Caitlin Fitzsimmons The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Rent, Housing market, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/people-are-desperate-regiona…
Renters left to freeze in poorly insulated homes
Jarni Blakkarty (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market, Minimum habitability standards.Go to: https://www.choice.com.au/money/property/renting/articles/renter…
The Sydney postcodes with the shortest and longest tenancies
Kate Burke Domain (No paywall) # Bond, Rent, Housing market.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/the-sydney-postcodes-with-the-sho…
Moving into a share house? Here's how you can split the rent
Sally Coleman ABC (No paywall) # Rent, Share-houses.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/how-to-split-the-rent-fairly-whe…
Finding a rental property in a competitive market
Grace Jennings-Edquist ABC (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/how-to-secure-rental-property-in…
Sydney house rents at record high, unit rents stabilising after COVID price declines
Kate Burke and Paige Tonna Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Housing affordability, Housing market.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/sydney-house-rents-at-record-high…
Balance of power shifts as tenants prepare to negotiate cheaper rents
Nina Hendy The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/money/planning-and-budgeting/balance-of-p…
Over-promised and under-delivered’: Over a billion dollars in COVID-19 stimulus untouched
Angus Thompson The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/over-promised-and-under-deli…
Sydney rent prices: coming down … or just a downer?
Richie Black (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market.Go to: https://sydneysentinel.com.au/2021/03/sydney-rent-prices-coming-…
Homeless surge possible as COVID moratorium on evictions ends
Claudia Farhart SBS (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, State Government.Go to: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/audiotrack/homeless-surge-possible-c…
Rental listings soaring in some areas but renters still struggling to find affordable homes
Stephanie Chalmers ABC (No paywall) # Rent, Affordable housing, Coronavirus COVID-19, Regional NSW.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-26/rental-listings-have-soar…
Flood-affected NSW renters urged to contact landlords, agents
Tawar Razaghi Domain (Paywall) # Rent, Disasters - storm, fire, flood etc.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/flood-affected-nsw-renters-urged-…
What now? NSW Rental Eviction Moratorium ends
Marlene Even (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, State Government.Go to: https://2ser.com/what-now-nsw-rental-eviction-moratorium-ends/
Few landlords succeed in pet challenges under Victorian rental laws, NSW laws still lag behind
Sue Williams Domain (Paywall) # Rent, Tribunal-NCAT, Pets, State Government.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/few-landlords-succeed-in-pet-chal…
How clean does your rental property need to be when you move out?
Patrick Wright ABC (No paywall) # Bond.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/how-clean-does-rental-property-n…
Crunch time for renters as moratoriums end in key markets
Martin Kelly (Paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Tribunal-NCAT, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market.Go to: https://www.afr.com/property/residential/crunch-time-for-renters…
Mr McCormack's 'move to more' campaign to get migration to regions might add to the regional housing crisis
Liam Cormican (No paywall) # Public-and-community-housing, Federal Government, Regional NSW.Go to: https://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/7171672/the-move-to-…
‘Bloody appalling’: NSW government yet to spend $300m in rental relief
Megan Gorrey The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, State Government, Welfare.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/bloody-appalling-nsw-governm…
40 organisations publish open letter welcoming Minister's announcement, concerned stronger protections required
Tenants' Union of NSW (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Homelessness.Go to: https://www.tenants.org.au/tu/news/40-organisations-publish-open…
What to do if your relationship ends but your lease doesn't
William Jolly (No paywall) # Domestic-violence, Rent, You-want-to-leave, Break fees.Go to: https://www.savings.com.au/home-loans/buying-first-home/what-to-…
How to maintain your solar panel system
Grace Smith (No paywall) # Utilities-electricity-water-gas.Go to: https://www.choice.com.au/home-improvement/energy-saving/solar/a…
Concerns raised over some low-cost housing for refugees
Essam Al-Ghalib SBS (No paywall) # Public-and-community-housing.Go to: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/audiotrack/concerns-raised-over-some…
Blacklist proposed for NSW’s ‘lousy landlords’
Ellen Lutton Domain (Paywall) # Privacy-and-access, Tenant databases.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/blacklist-proposed-for-nsws-lousy…
‘Neglected’: Storm looms for renters as eviction protections near end
Matthew Elmas The New Daily (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19.Go to: https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/property/2021/02/08/pandemic-…
If you thought the pandemic would bring on an era of affordable housing in Australia - you were wrong
Brigid Delaney The Guardian (No paywall) # Affordable housing, Coronavirus COVID-19.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/05/if-you-tho…
"I'm saving $320 a month": How COVID has affected what Aussie women spend on rent.
Helen Vnuk (No paywall) # Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Regional NSW.Go to: https://www.mamamia.com.au/rent-reduction/
What does it cost to move rental properties?
William Jolly (No paywall) # Bond, Rent, Affordable housing.Go to: https://www.savings.com.au/home-loans/buying-first-home/what-doe…
Renting a unit in Sydney or Melbourne? Why it’s time to ask for a rent cut
Richard Whitten (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market.Go to: https://www.finder.com.au/renting-unit-sydney-melbourne-rent-cut
The Sydney suburbs where rents fell the most: Domain Rent Report
Kate Burke Domain (Paywall) # Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/the-sydney-suburbs-where-rents-fe…
Grim Photo Exposes ‘Sheer Absurdity’ Of Sydney’s Rental Market
James Booth (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market.Go to: https://www.dmarge.com/2021/01/sydney-rental-market-current-stat…
The Sydney apartment tribes reshaping the harbour city
Matt O'Sullivan The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Housing market, Landlords and agents, Planning and development.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-sydney-apartment-tribes-…
'Disgusting': Real estate's Christmas eviction message slammed
Penny Burfitt (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/lj-hooker-christmas-eviction-mess…
'Renting and COVID-19
(No paywall) # Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19.Go to: https://cityroadpod.org/2020/11/25/renting-and-covid-19/#more-18…
You can now buy now, pay later your rental bond
Harrison Astbury (No paywall) # Bond.Go to: https://www.savings.com.au/buy-now-pay-later/you-can-now-buy-now…
Crowded, dirty and a lack of regulation: COVID-19 ticking time bombs in the suburbs
Natassia Chrysanthos The Sydney Morning Herald (No paywall) # Boarders-and-lodgers, Coronavirus COVID-19, Health, Homelessness.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/crowded-dirty-and-a-lack-of-…
Rent and crisis: Old housing problems require a new state of exception in Australia
Sophia Maalsen, Dallas Rogers and Leo Patterson Ross (No paywall) # Public-and-community-housing, Rent, Campaigns and law reform, Coronavirus COVID-19, Federal Government, Health, Housing market, State Government.Go to: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2043820620933849