Can't be overstated how central this point is to the fundamental disagreement that leftists & liberals have over housing policy.

I might add thoughts in the replies, but for now I'll just encourage you to absorb Kate's position and challenge yourself with it.

Eviction impacts lives. Moving house is generally considered one of life’s most stressful events. We surveyed 123 NSW renters, asking them about the impact of the eviction financially and emotionally.

🔗: tenants.org.au/reports/consta…

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Amy Clair : being a private renter leads to biological ageing by 2.4 weeks. Social renting shows no effect on biological ageing. Meaning there's something about private renting specifically that negatively impacts people's health #HSA24 Housing Studies Association

Hey guess what happens when you complain to the council that the developer/landlord broke the footpath people rely on for access

They serve you with a lease termination notice for no cause
As is their right

Such is Australia in a housing crisis in 2024

Three months notice

It would be good if the horror of the Bondi Junction massacre led to massive increases in mental health care, just as they would have led to massive increases in policing had it been a terrorist attack.

🚨🏘️📖today we publish 'Building by consent: housing by popular demand' - a collection of 1⃣4⃣ essays providing answers & ideas on what a successful planning system that generates community support for development might look like. localis.org.uk/research/build… 🧵

New CCPA Ontario rent control report by Ricardo Tranjan. Read part 1 here: What is rent control? ➡️monitormag.ca/reports/rent-c…

During his divorce, Dave’s family home was sold, and the security in his life was replaced by the challenges of being a single father of two and a renter. Off the back of another No Grounds eviction, Dave is considering moving states. Read the full story: rentingfair.org.au/daves-story

I think these photos may have been shopped

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Tenants' Unions CEO Leo Patterson Ross spoke to Michael McLaren on 2GB radio last week - stressing the importance of rental reforms, as well as why we need an end to No Grounds evictions. 🔗: tinyurl.com/53hcbpah towards the end of the segment. (The best for last!)

🚨OUT TODAY: Stronger protections for renters won’t drive landlords out of the market

Fears that stricter regulations - like those in the Renters (Reform) Bill - will reduce the supply of rental properties are overblown.
👉smf.co.uk/publications/a…

Nota bene

Today we're launching our 2024 Summer Survey report. It's clear from the over 2300 responses that rising temperatures, humid summers and the cost of living crisis is having a real impact on people's health. Read Natasha's story here:

smh.com.au/property/news/…

61% of people who did the Summer Survey this year told us that cost of living increases are making it harder for them to be cool on hot days. Read more stats and stories here 👉
swelteringcities.org/2024/04/04/sum…

The most dense square km of Manhattan is nearly twice as dense as the most dense part of Melbourne. (Yorkville, 66,000ppl in one square km).

theage.com.au/politics/victo…

Cf
statsmapsnpix.com/2023/02/the-mo…

Reminder that the Conservative Party in UK is proposing to do significant 'reasonable grounds' eviction reform - and even this watered down version goes further than any Labor government in Australia has.

(Campaigners everywhere justifiably frustrated!)
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

The Scottish Government has passed legislation permitting the introduction of rent controls

We often hear that “all economists agree rent controls don’t work”. But this is fundamentally flawed 🧵 bbc.com/news/articles/…