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'Just like home'. New survey finds most renters enjoy renting, although for many it's expensive

  • Written by Steven Rowley, Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Curtin Research Centre, Curtin University
'Just like home'. New survey finds most renters enjoy renting, although for many it's expensiveFewer than than 5% of renters are unhappy with their landlord, but rent can be expensive.Shutterstock

One in every four Australian households rents, and it’s not just those on low incomes.

A new nationally representative survey of 3,182 renters, funded by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, finds that while 60% of renting households have a...

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