here's the case for doubling rent assistance
- Written by Bruce Bradbury, Associate Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
ShutterstockFor many Australians, the rent crisis is just starting. Advertised rents have been soaring, but mainly for new rentals – so called “asking rents”.
The broadest measure of rents actually paid – the rents on the 480,000 or so capital city properties the Bureau of Statistics uses to calculate the consumer price...
