Rental Housing in WA: Ten ideas to address the rental crisis
It is the seventeenth report in the BCEC Focus on WA report series. This research looks at overall affordability and where key pressures are.
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Regulation of residential tenancies and impacts on investment
The research also presents a number of issues that could be considered as part of a national agenda for residential tenancy law reform.
Locked-out: generational inequalities of housing tenure and housing type
The housing market is failing to cater for older and younger generations, according to research.
COVID-19 rental housing and homelessness impacts in Australia
New research by the ACOSS/UNSW Poverty and Inequality Partnership shows renters on low and modest incomes are in the grip of a housing pincer, especially in regional Australia, as surging rents and the Commonwealth’s neglect of social and affordable housing creates acute stress.
Housing Options Launch
This is a significant change to how clients have traditionally applied for housing products and services, but staff will assist clients with the transition to the new service model.
Rental Roundtable
Shelter WA, in partnership with the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia, hosted an Emergency Roundtable to discuss the impact of the ending of the moratorium on people in the private rental market.
“Moving On” Rental survey sheds light on the rental market
More than one third of national renters (38 per cent) reported the COVID pandemic impacted their tenancy, despite the protections put in place during COVID by the WA Government.
Social Housing needed to end Homelessness in WA
Skyrocketing rents, a tightening of the rental market and widespread job losses has increased the urgent need for more social housing in Western Australia.
Homelessness expected to rise in Western Australia
This Homelessness Week, Shelter WA CEO Michelle Mackenzie warns that Western Australia needs to be prepared for a second wave of homelessness due to the impact of COVID
