The National Rental Affordability Scheme and community housing ownership of the properties they manage will only go some of the way towards starting to address affordability for renters. This would complement their National Rental Affordability Scheme and other initiatives already announced, and provide much needed relief to those on waiting lists. The National Rental Affordability Scheme isn’t a bad start, putting back the 30,000 lost public and community housing properties from the last 10 years must now become a priority.
From the category archives:
Renting
Building More Affordable Rental Accommodation
Human Services Minister Lin Thorp said statewide advertisements today invite businesses and organisations to submit their case to become the Preferred Tasmanian Tenancy Manager(s) for the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS).“The Tasmanian Government has committed to support the scheme by providing $2,000 per annum for 10 years, indexed by the rental component of the national Consumer Price Index.”
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Dodgy agents drive rental bidding wars
DESPERATE tenants are being exploited by real estate agents using the housing crisis to drive up rents.
Would-be renters are spending months applying for dozens of properties in good faith, only to lose out due to dodgy tactics. read more
the real costs of being a landlord
SOARING rents because of the rental accommodation shortage is prompting many people to think about buying an investment property, especially since the sharemarket has taken such a tumble lately. more
Rental crisis might be overblown
LANDLORDS citing a shortage of rental properties as a reason to hike rents might not have a leg to stand on, an independent researcher says.
Statistics from the Real Estate Institute of Australia put vacancy rates as low as 0.5 per cent in Darwin, 1 per cent in Sydney, and 1.6 per cent in Melbourne. read more
Warrant of Fitness for rental homes
Warrant of Fitness for rental homes. It is just one of the ideas floated at a Housing Symposium hosted in West Auckland. The Australasian line-up of experts and local politicians has been looking at the state of housing, the issues surrounding quality living and tenure. Community Housing Aotearoa director Therese Quinlivan says the quality of rentals is very poor, costing occupants more to run the house. A detailed report on all the suggestions is due in the coming weeks.
