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Housing, Demographic Change and the Private Rental Sector
Author(s) -
Watson Sophie,
Coleman Lisa
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1986.tb00811.x
Subject(s) - renting , private sector , rental housing , accommodation , business , public sector , project commissioning , estate , economic growth , real estate , public housing , labour economics , publishing , public economics , economics , finance , economy , political science , neuroscience , law , biology
Housing policy and provision in Australia are primarily oriented towards meeting the needs of the traditional nuclear family household. Households who cannot afford to buy their own home and are not eligible for public housing have no alternative but to rent in the private sector. Many of these households are single headed, groups, unemployed or on low‐incomes. However, even in the private rental sector family households are favoured by landlords and estate agents and gain access to the better standard accommodation. Flexible and innovative policies in the public sector are urgently needed to meet the housing needs of the growing number of non‐nuclear family households.