Martin, Chris <br/><br/>
Australia’s incipient eviction crisis :  no going back 

 -  Alternative Law Journal,  28 January 2021. 
 - 7 pages 
<br/><br/> KEYWORDS: Tenancy, housing rights, homelessness, law reform, COVID 
<br/><br/> Abstract: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia was facing an incipient eviction crisis, the gravity of which had been obscured<br/>by inadequate data and the gradual mounting of systemic problems of unaffordability and insecurity. This article reviews<br/>the legal framework around tenancies and evictions and the sparse data it produces. Tribunal data obtained by the author<br/>shows that Australia’s two largest jurisdictions had, prior to the pandemic, a termination application rate somewhat<br/>more than half that of the US ‘crisis’ rate. The article concludes with directions for further research and reforms to<br/>address evictions in an enduring way, beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Evictions--Australia