Tenants' Union in the media
Tenants' Union in the media
‘Data breach waiting to happen’: Warning for real estate agents and renters on personal info requests
Tawar Razaghi Domain (No paywall) # Privacy and access, Rent, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/data-breach-waiting-to-happ…
Podcast: Death threats and no-fault evictions
Jimmy Thomson (No paywall) # Rent, Repairs, Strata, Landlords and agents, Mould, No-grounds evictions, State Government.Go to: https://www.flatchat.com.au/podcast-threats-evictions/
More than half of NSW MPs own more than one property
Tamsin Rose and Michael McGowan The Guardian (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/14/more-than…
Rent prices soar to record highs across Australia again as crisis deepens
Sue Williams Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Homelessness, Housing market, No-grounds evictions.Go to: https://www.domain.com.au/news/rent-prices-soar-to-record-highs-…
Tribunal data shows eviction applications much higher in Sydney’s west
Michael Koziol The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Bond, Eviction, Public and community housing, Rent, Tribunal NCAT, Landlords and agents, No-grounds evictions, Sydney.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/tribunal-data-shows-eviction…
Mould and real estates & Sydney rental market sinks to new low
Backchat (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market, Mould, Sydney.Go to: https://fbiradio.com/945fm/programs/backchat/2022-10-08/syd-rent…
‘Really, really horrible’: Grim pickings for renters as vacancies dry up
Elizabeth Redman Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Housing affordability, Housing market.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/really-really-horrible-grim…
'I've had a dog for four years and my landlord has no idea': Tenants who hide pets
Emily Hutchinson (No paywall) # Rent, Landlords and agents, Pets.Go to: https://www.realestate.com.au/news/ive-had-a-dog-for-four-years-…
What would another interest rate hike mean for renters?
ABC (No paywall) # Rent, Affordable housing, Housing market.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/what-wou…
Call for government intervention in rental "market failure"
Isobel Roe ABC (No paywall) # Rent, Federal Government, Housing market, State Government.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/worldtoday/call-for-govern…
Greens renew push for two-year rent freeze, saying it would save millions of Australians $3000
Alex Chapman (No paywall) # Rent, Federal Government, Housing market.Go to: https://7news.com.au/business/housing/greens-renew-push-for-two-…
Airbnb owners targeted by council to tackle Sydney’s housing crisis
Andrew Taylor The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Rent, Affordable housing, Housing market, Local Government, Short-term holiday letting.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/airbnb-owners-targeted-by-co…
Renting to the highest bidder: calls for federal laws to ban practice amid Australia’s cost-of-living crisis
Caitlin Cassidy The Guardian (No paywall) # Rent, Federal Government, Housing market, State Government.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/01/renting-t…
‘Not the ideal renter’: Push for pet-friendly properties
Caitlin Fitzsimmons The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Rent, No-grounds evictions, Pets.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/not-the-ideal-renter-push-fo…
‘Completely unfair’: Sydney couple hit with $150 rent rise overnight
Jack Evans news.com.au (No paywall) # Rent, Tribunal NCAT.Go to: https://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/completely-unfair-sy…
Less properties available for rent as investors ‘sell up’
Sky News (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market.Go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juejkCwM-eI&ab_channel=SkyNewsAu…
Sydney's rental crisis, calls to change NSW rental laws
(No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Coronavirus COVID-19, Federal Government, Homelessness, Housing affordability, Housing market, No-grounds evictions, State Government, Sydney.Go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmJPoDcjXhE&ab_channel=7NEWSAust…
More Australians are renting long-term, but tenants' rights are far behind
Isabel Moussalli ABC (No paywall) # Rent, Families, Housing market, No-grounds evictions.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm/renting-long-term-but-t…
Australians are being asked to make tough decisions to keep a roof over their heads. What would you do?
Bridget Judd ABC (No paywall) # Rent, Families, Home ownership, Housing affordability, Housing market, Regional NSW, Work, employment.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/cost-of-living-tough-deci…
‘Worse before it gets better’: Renters face stiff competition for homes
Kate Burke Domain (No paywall) # Eviction, Rent, Housing affordability, Housing market, No-grounds evictions.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/worse-before-it-gets-better…
Aussie tenants claim they're being evicted over rental complaints
A Current Affair Staff 9 News (No paywall) # Rent, Utilities water energy internet, Mould, No-grounds evictions, Short-term holiday letting.Go to: https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/aussie-tenants-speak-o…
The regional towns where holiday home listings have jumped, but rentals are scarce
Tawar Razaghi The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Rent, Housing market, Short-term holiday letting.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/the-regional-towns-where-ho…
‘Uninhabitable’: The rental loophole letting landlords suddenly boot tenants
Amelia McGuire The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall) # Eviction, Landlords and agents, Minimum habitability standards.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/uninhabitable-the-rental-loo…
If property prices are going down, why are rents going up?
Tawar Razghi Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Home ownership, Housing affordability, Housing market.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/if-property-prices-are-goin…
‘Real problem’: The rental rights you need to know
Kassia Byrnes Daily Telegraph (Paywall) # Rent, Tribunal NCAT, Housing market.Go to: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/real-problem-the-rent…
Got a rent increase notice? Know your rental rights and how to negotiate a better deal
Rafqa Touma The Guardian (No paywall) # Rent, State Government.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2022/aug/11/rent-increase…
Northern Rivers Housing Crisis
The Australian Sociological Association (No paywall) # Aboriginal renters, Land lease communities, Rent, Families, Home ownership, Homelessness, Housing affordability, Housing market, Local Government, Regional NSW, State Government.Go to: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/WhctKKXgjHWrvLstlDbQnVBR…
'If you don’t like it, leave’: renters priced out of their homes as landlords pass on costs of RBA rate hikes
Rafqa Touma The Guardian (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market, State Government.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/aug/04/if-you-do…
Nothing private about this house
Tenants’ Union of New South Wales and Legal Aid NSW (No paywall) # Aboriginal renters, Public and community housing, Rent.Go to: https://legalaidnswcle.podbean.com/e/nothing-private-about-this-…
Australia’s Rental Prices Have Gone Up By More Than 70 Percent In Some Suburbs
Lavender Baj (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market.Go to: https://junkee.com/rent-australia-increasing/337794
$275pw Bondi room slammed over 'joke' feature
Carly Bass (No paywall) # Rent, Minimum habitability standards.Go to: https://au.news.yahoo.com/bondi-room-rent-slammed-joke-feature-0…
Pod off the press
Charlie Wilde Tenants' Union of NSW (No paywall) # Domestic violence, Eviction, Land lease communities, Rent, Repairs, Housing market, No-grounds evictions.Go to: https://www.tenants.org.au/news/pod-press-renting-bytes
‘The most significant cost’: Is it time to limit rent increases?
Tawar Razaghi Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Families, Housing market, State Government.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/the-most-significant-cost-i…
Newcastle rents growing by 10 per cent a year
Hamish Geale (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market, Older people, Regional NSW.Go to: https://www.realestateview.com.au/news/nsw/tenants-haven-t-had-m…
Inquiry into homelessness for older Australians faces confronting submissions
Erin Modaro (No paywall) # Public and community housing, Rent, Homelessness, No-grounds evictions, Older people.Go to: https://cityhubsydney.com.au/2022/07/nsw-inquiry-into-homelessne…
Property managers reveal brutal decision-making process when choosing tenants. Here’s what they look for.
Rhiannon Lewin (No paywall) # Rent, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/real-estate/property-managers-rev…
‘There’s real powerlessness’: Australian renters at the mercy of no-cause evictions
Stephanie Convery The Guardian (No paywall) # Rent, No-grounds evictions.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/16/theres-re…
What tenants can do if their landlord hikes the rent
Kate Burke Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/living/what-tenants-can-do-if-th…
'Extremely challenging’: Sydney house rents jump 19 per cent since pandemic began
Tawar Razaghi Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Affordable housing, Coronavirus COVID-19, Housing affordability, Housing market, International.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/extremely-challenging-sydne…
‘Double Whammy Of Distress’: Vulnerable Public Housing Residents Are Being Forcibly Moved Out
Aleksandra Bliszczyk (No paywall) # Eviction, Public and community housing, Estate renewal.Go to: https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/public-housing-residents-moved/
Tenants claim they face eviction for complaining 'too much'
Nat Wallace 9 News (No paywall) # Rent, Repairs, Landlords and agents, No-grounds evictions.Go to: https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/sydney-tenants-speak-o…
Ways Australia can address its worsening rental affordability crisis
Emily Hutchinson (No paywall) # Rent, Affordable housing, Disability, Home ownership, Homelessness, Housing affordability, Housing market, Human rights, Older people.Go to: https://www.realestate.com.au/news/ways-australia-can-address-it…
‘Very much a landlords’ market’: Renters face tough conditions with vacancy rate at record low
Tawar Razaghi Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Families, Housing market.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/very-much-a-landlords-marke…
Rents are on the rise. What are your rights if your landlord wants to increase yours?
Biwa Kwan and David Aidone SBS (No paywall) # Rent, Families, Housing affordability, Housing market.Go to: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/rents-are-on-the-rise-what-a…
The Insecurity of Renting in Australia
ABC (No paywall) # Repairs, No-grounds evictions.Go to: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/rental/13950708
Census data released today confirms renters fastest growing tenure type.
Tenants' Union of NSW (No paywall) # Rent, Campaigns and law reform, Federal Government, Health, Housing market, State Government.Go to: https://bit.ly/3NvkMmX
Renting your home? These online tools could save you money
Tom Watson (No paywall) # Rent.Go to: https://www.moneymag.com.au/rental-property-reviews-online-tools
What tenants can do if their landlord hikes the rent
Kate Burke Domain (No paywall) # Rent, Housing market, Landlords and agents.Go to: https://www.smh.com.au/property/living/what-tenants-can-do-if-th…
Rental crisis: What the Labor Government can do to fix it
Poppy Johnston (No paywall) # Public and community housing, Rent, Housing affordability, Housing market.Go to: https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/rental-crisis-what-the-labor-g…
Cold or mould: Sydney tenants told to keep windows open throughout winter
Stephanie Tran and Cait Kelly The Guardian (No paywall) # Rent, Mould.Go to: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/09/cold-or-m…