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The rental housing crisis is hurting our most vulnerable and demands a range of solutions (but capping rents isn't one of them)

  • Written by Andrew Beer, Executive Dean, UniSA Business, University of South Australia
The rental housing crisis is hurting our most vulnerable and demands a range of solutions (but capping rents isn't one of them)Emma Baker

Roughly one in three Australians rent their homes. It’s Australia’s fastest-growing tenure, but renting is increasingly unaffordable. From 2020 to 2022, our research found a large increase in the proportion of renters who said their housing was unaffordable.

horizontal bar chart showing changes in Australian renters' assessments of affordability form 2020 to 2022Change in Australian renters’ assessments of affordability...

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