Australia’s incipient eviction crisis : no going back
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TextPublication details: Alternative Law Journal, 28 January 2021.Description: 7 pagesSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: Abstract: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia was facing an incipient eviction crisis, the gravity of which had been obscured
by inadequate data and the gradual mounting of systemic problems of unaffordability and insecurity. This article reviews
the legal framework around tenancies and evictions and the sparse data it produces. Tribunal data obtained by the author
shows that Australia’s two largest jurisdictions had, prior to the pandemic, a termination application rate somewhat
more than half that of the US ‘crisis’ rate. The article concludes with directions for further research and reforms to
address evictions in an enduring way, beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
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KEYWORDS: Tenancy, housing rights, homelessness, law reform, COVID
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