Tenants' Union in the media
Tenants' Union in the media
Sydney renter hit by 35% hike as housing crisis sparks calls to cap increases
Mostafa Rachwani The Guardian (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Housing affordability, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/04/sydney-re…
‘Pretty bleak for tenants’: Rental vacancy rate at record low
Jim Malo and Tawar Razaghi Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Homelessness, Housing affordability, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/pretty-bleak-for-tenants-re…
Can rent-to-own schemes help in the housing crisis?
Radio National ABC (No paywall) # Home ownership, Rent to buy.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/can-re…
Photography through a renter's lens
Jessie Kay 2SER (No paywall) # Rent, Home, Renting culture, Strong communities, Students, Young people.Go to: https://2ser.com/photography-through-a-renters-lens/
Inner West launches new drive to improve renters’ rights
Inner West Council Inner West Council (No paywall) # Rent, Local Government, Strong communities, Sydney.Go to: https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/about/news/media-releases/2023-…
Rental crisis fears for international students as they return to Sydney
Christopher Harris The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Boarders and lodgers, Rent, Share houses, Housing market, Students, Sydney, Young people.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/rental-crisis-fears-for-inte…
Family 'priced out' of south-west Sydney rental market, as finding affordable homes 'near-impossible'
Heath Parkes-Hupton ABC (No paywall) # Eviction, Public and community housing, Rent, Families, Homelessness, Housing market, No-grounds evictions.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-28/family-living-in-caravan-…
Rental crisis: Pensioner forced to move hours away from family, friends
Jorge Branco 9 News (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Campaigns and law reform, Housing affordability, Housing market, Long-term tenant, Personal stories, Regional NSW.Go to: https://www.9news.com.au/national/rental-crisis-australia-pensio…
Sydney renter describes all too common nightmare in current market
Madeleine Achenza news.com.au (No paywall) # Rent, Housing affordability, Housing market, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/renting/sydney-rente…
Sydney couple earning $240k reveal struggle to find a rental
news.com.au news.com.au (No paywall) # Rent, Housing affordability, Housing market, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/renting/sydney-coupl…
Low-rent behaviour by greedy landlords is feeding the rental crisis
Jenna Price The Sydney Morning Herald (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Repairs, Housing affordability, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/national/low-rent-behaviour-by-greedy-lan…
Byron Bay blue between “Airbnb mafia” and grassroots groups highlights costly housing crisis
Callum Foote Michael West Media (No paywall) # Campaigns and law reform, Local Government, Regional NSW, Short-term holiday letting, State Government.Go to: https://michaelwest.com.au/byron-bay-blue-spotlights-tensions-be…
‘F**khead territory’: ABC star explodes after being trolled over rental question
news.com.au news.com.au (No paywall) # Utilities water energy internet, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/renting/fkhead-terri…
Not cool: push for insulation in all Australian rental homes as study shows dangerous heat levels
Cait Kelly The Guardian (No paywall) # Public and community housing, Climate change, Health, Housing affordability, Landlords and agents, Minimum habitability standards.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/16/not-cool-…
Sydney rental prices sit above national average, bucking national trend
Eli Green news.com.au (No paywall) # Rent, Housing affordability, Housing market.Go to: https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/sydne…
TikTokers Are Revealing The Abject Chaos Of Finding A Place In The Sydney Rental Market RN
Soaliha Iqbal Pedestrian (No paywall) # Housing affordability, Housing market.Go to: https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/sydney-rental-market-tiktok/
Feature in Sydney $300-a-week rental slammed: 'New low'
Tom Flanagan Yahoo News (No paywall) # Housing affordability, Landlords and agents, Minimum habitability standards.Go to: https://au.news.yahoo.com/feature-in-sydney-300-a-week-rental-sl…
Rising rent prices: Extreme measures and where to get support
Luana Matrone and Amy Bradney-George Finder (No paywall) # Rent, Housing affordability.Go to: https://www.finder.com.au/rising-rent-prices-2022
NSW brings in controls on how renters’ data can be stored and used
Caitlin Cassidy The Guardian (No paywall) # Privacy and access, Campaigns and law reform, Housing affordability, Landlords and agents, State Government.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/17/nsw-bring…
Banning rent bidding: what do the new protections do?
Leo Patterson Ross (No paywall) # Rent, Campaigns and law reform, Housing market, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.tenants.org.au/blog/banning-rent-bidding-what-do-new…
NSW government rent bidding ban will be in place by Saturday after Sydney real estate agents exposed over ‘auction-like’ practice
Madeleine Bower, Lachlan Leeming, James O'Doherty, Noah Yim Daily Telegraph (Paywall) # Rent, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/agents-exposed-over-a…
So your landlord wants to put your rent up? Here's why and what you can do
Isabelle Lane SBS (No paywall) # Rent.Go to: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/so-your-landlord-wants-to-pu…
Real estate agency LJ Hooker hit with data breach
Elizabeth Redman The Sydney Morning Herald (No paywall) # Privacy and access, Tenant databases.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/real-estate-agency-lj-hooke…
Rental bidding under investigation in NSW as Sydney’s property crisis grows
Jessica Wang news.com.au (No paywall) # Rent, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/renting/rental-biddi…
Proposals to tackle Australia's rental crisis
Katherine Gregory ABC (No paywall) # Eviction, Public and community housing, Rent, Affordable housing, Campaigns and law reform, Federal Government, Local Government, State Government.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/worldtoday/proposals-to-ta…
New laws to stop rent bidding could be brought in
9 News 9 News (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://youtu.be/qlyt6eilaqc
NSW to investigate ways to end bidding wars over rental properties
Tamsin Rose The Guardian (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market, Landlords and agents, State Government.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/05/nsw-to-in…
Dodgy detail in $850 Sydney rental apartment highlights major issue
Carly Bass Yahoo News (No paywall) # Security and safety, Housing market, Landlords and agents, Sydney.Go to: https://au.news.yahoo.com/dodgy-detail-in-850-sydney-rental-apar…
Rental repression
Nick Sas ABC (No paywall) # Rent, Affordable housing, Housing affordability.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-29/australia-rental-crisis-h…
Electricity is a hot topic but little has changed for residents in land lease communities
Julia Davis (No paywall) # Land lease communities, Utilities water energy internet.Go to: https://www.tenants.org.au/thenoticeboard/news/electricity-hot-t…
Lismore flood victims in grip of housing crisis still as report urges change to cope with disasters
Bruce MacKenzie ABC (No paywall) # Housing affordability.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-24/lismore-flood-rental-hous…
Tenancy advice requests quadruple in Community Legal Centres
Francisco Silva Law Society Journal (No paywall) # Eviction, Campaigns and law reform, Community Legal Centres, No-grounds evictions, Tenants Advice and Advocacy Services.Go to: https://lsj.com.au/articles/tenancy-advice-requests-quadruple-in…
Tenants' Union Annual Report 2021-22
TUNSW (No paywall) # History.Go to: https://www.tenants.org.au/news/annual-report-21-22
Coffs Harbour public housing tenant says walls leak, Mission Australia denies 'major' water damage
Nick Parmeter ABC (No paywall) # Public and community housing, Repairs.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-20/mission-australia-social-…
Homes for people: Housing solutions for everyone
TUNSW (No paywall) # Eviction, Privacy and access, Rent, Disability.Go to: https://www.tenants.org.au/news/homes-people-housing-solutions-e…
New bid to help renters save thousands of dollars on crippling payments
AAP 7 News (No paywall) # Bond.Go to: https://7news.com.au/business/property/sick-of-saving-for-a-bond…
‘Don’t Rent Me’: the online tenants’ group for swapping horror stories, advice and frustrations
Caitlin Cassidy The Guardian (No paywall) # Renting culture.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/09/dont-rent…
NSW Govt Has Launched A Survey Asking Whether Renters Should Be Allowed Pets And Let’s Fkn Goooo
Isabella Corbett Pedestrian (No paywall) # Pets.Go to: https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/nsw-government-pet-friendly-renta…
Aussies facing conditions similar to auctions due to rent bidding
Eli Green news.com.au (No paywall) # Rent.Go to: https://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/aussies-facing-condi…
Landlords v renters: Who’s on the hook for flood damage costs?
Sezen Bakan The New Daily (No paywall) # .Go to: https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2022/11/04/flood-damage-rente…
‘It’s going to get worse’: Larger rental crisis looms as vacancies hit record lows
Melissa Heagney The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Rent, Families, Housing affordability, Housing market.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/it-s-going-to-get-worse-lar…
Rental price growth slows from unprecedented highs as tenants hit ‘affordability ceiling’
Caitlin Cassidy The Guardian (Paywall) # Rent, Housing affordability, Housing market.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/03/rental-pr…
Rental Crisis
Richard Aedy ABC (Paywall) # Rent, Housing market.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/themoney/rental-cr…
Why the inflation that is causing rate rises matters for Aussie renters
Emily Power Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market.Go to: https://www.nine.com.au/property/news/why-the-inflation-that-is-…
NSW Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello backs better rental data protections
Tawar Razaghi The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Privacy and access, Rent, Landlords and agents, State Government.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/nsw-customer-service-minist…
Rental auctions are forcing potential tenants to outbid competitors to secure properties. And they’re on the rise
Matthew Quagliotto (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market.Go to: https://7news.com.au/business/housing-market/rental-auctions-are…
Variety of views on NSW opt-in land tax
(No paywall) # Housing market, Tax.Go to: https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw-opt-land-tax-inquiry-015748686.html
Real estate agent's 'excessive' demands for inspection: 'Need to chill'
Carly Bass (No paywall) # Privacy and access, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://au.news.yahoo.com/real-estate-agents-ridiculous-demands-…
Why Akshay was shocked to be evicted from share house
Kate Burke Domain (No paywall) # Boarders and lodgers, Eviction, Rent, Students.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/why-akshay-was-shocked-to-b…
Cat poo everywhere and backyard lunarscape: Landlords wary of giving renters more rights to have pets
Rosemary Bolger ABC (No paywall) # Rent, Pets.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/landlords-wary-giving-more-right…