Housing News Digest
Housing News Digest
The Tenants' Union Housing News Digest compiles our pick of items from all the latest tenancy and housing media, sent once per week, on Thursdays.
Below is the Digest archive from November 2020 onwards. From time to time you will find additional items in the archive that did not make it into the weekly Digest email. Earlier archives are here, where you can also find additional digests by other organisations.
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Archive
Housing inventory wins unanimous approval from supervisors
Joshua Sabatini (No paywall)From the United States ... San Francisco will require landlords to report rental unit information annually including how many are vacant and how much tenants are paying them in rent under legislation approved Tuesday. (San Francisco Examiner)
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/housing-inventory-wins-unanimous…
# International, Rent.LRU member in Haringey was illegally evicted from her flat by YMCA North London
London Renters Union (No paywall)From United Kingdom ... Earlier this year, at the height of the pandemic, an LRU member in Haringey was illegally evicted from her flat by YMCA North London, a charity that claims to support young people. Because of public pressure on YMCA, she got her keys back. But YMCA are still trying to evict her.
# International, Eviction, Coronavirus COVID-19.Evictions have led to hundreds of thousands of additional Covid-19 cases, research finds
Annie Nova (No paywall)From the United States ... Expiring state eviction bans have led to hundreds of thousands of additional coronavirus cases, new research finds, raising alarm about what will happen when the national eviction moratorium lapses next month. (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/11/27/evictions-have-led-to-hundre…
# International, Eviction, Coronavirus COVID-19.How unis can use student housing to solve international student quarantine issues
Christopher Ziguras and Tom Alves The Conversation (No paywall)The arrival at Darwin airport on Monday of 63 students from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam and Indonesia on a charter flight from Singapore ended an eight-month hiatus in international student arrivals in Australia. They are now in the Howard Springs quarantine facility. Quarantine capacity is a major issue, given the numbers of international students. Using student accommodation to quarantine newly arrived students is a way to increase this capacity. Our research, released today, shows this could be important for solving the quarantine issue.
https://theconversation.com/how-unis-can-use-student-housing-to-…
# Research alert Australia, Coronavirus COVID-19, Students.Fears for Melbourne's homeless forced out of Covid hotel accommodation
Matilda Boseley The Guardian (No paywall)Rough sleepers worry they will end up back on the streets as funding for Victoria’s Home for Homeless scheme runs out.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/02/fears-for…
# Australia, Coronavirus COVID-19, Homelessness.Eliminating most homelessness is achievable. It starts with prevention and “housing first”
Angela Spinney The Conversation (No paywall)The stereotype of a homeless person – those living in tents or sleeping in parks or doorways – is just the visible tip of the much larger crisis of homelessness in Australia.
https://theconversation.com/eliminating-most-homelessness-is-ach…
# Australia, Homelessness.People Fleeing Big Cities Risk Overwhelming Small Towns
Van Badham (No paywall)The property market is running red hot in small-town Australia. Buyers are snapping up houses — sometimes sight unseen — as city folk bet the era of working in an office fulltime won’t return. That's filling some locals with horror. (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-11-30/real-estate-b…
# Australia, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing market.House prices rose in November, but is the ‘FOMO’ recovery sustainable?
Matt Johnson The New Daily (No paywall)The fear of missing out has spurred national house prices to bounce back in November despite the recession.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/property/2020/12/01/house-pri…
# Australia, Housing market.