Free furniture,canned tuna:How to afford moving out of home
Analysis
Analysis

Free furniture,canned tuna:How to afford moving out of home

For young Australians today,moving out of home can feel like a bigger leap of faith than ever before. Here’s how to make it work.

  • byHannah Farrow

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Division in Qld after premier’s signal on rent limits

Division in Qld after premier’s signal on rent limits

Rents have grown at a faster rate in Queensland than any other state or territory,with low-income and regional households the hardest hit.

  • byNick Gibbs
The faces of Sydney's rental crisis
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The faces of Sydney's rental crisis

Inspections for rentals are attracting more than double the prospective tenants than last year,as thousands of the city’s renters continue their search for a place to call home.

Auction-style rental bids spur competition among desperate tenants

Auction-style rental bids spur competition among desperate tenants

A December ban on real estate agents soliciting rent-bidding hasn’t curbed rising rents,with prospective tenants offering more money for properties.

  • byAmber Schultz
Housing crisis threatens to impose a lifetime of renting
Editorial
Editorial

Housing crisis threatens to impose a lifetime of renting

An incoming NSW government will need to make housing affordability and rental reform an urgent priority in its early days.

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The faces of Sydney’s rental crisis

The faces of Sydney’s rental crisis

The number of people inspecting rentals in Sydney’s city and east has more than doubled from last year. We spoke to some of those in the Saturday queue.

  • byAmber Schultz andMary Ward
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Cost of living hitting Gen Z hardest as their savings shrink

Cost of living hitting Gen Z hardest as their savings shrink

Generation Z has been hit the hardest in the cost of living crunch as rent and grocery prices soar,shrinking their savings.

  • byJessica Yun
Multi-purpose bedrooms bad for our sleep
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Multi-purpose bedrooms bad for our sleep

Our bedrooms aren’t refuges anymore – working,studying and eating in them is bad for our sleep.

  • byChristian Tietz andDemet Dincer
I was evicted and the law didn’t help. But I’m one of the lucky ones
Opinion
Opinion

I was evicted and the law didn’t help. But I’m one of the lucky ones

I’d seen the viral videos of tenants lining up like sardines to inspect a rental,but hoped I’d never join them.

  • byLaura Chung
Qld tenants were promised ‘better renting’. Where is it?

Qld tenants were promised ‘better renting’. Where is it?

In 2018,the state government called for public feedback on creating a “better renting future” for all. Advocates are now reigniting calls for action.

  • byMatt Dennien
Soaring rents and limited leases make for tenant anxiety
Opinion
Opinion

Soaring rents and limited leases make for tenant anxiety

The return of international students and people moving back to Melbourne’s CBD means there is growth in the demand for rental properties. But can the growth in supply keep up with the demand?

  • byMaida Pineda