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Rental security and the property manager in a tenant’s search for a private rental property

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Housing Studies, 2019.Description: 24 pagesISSN:
  • 1466-1810
Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: This article builds on current understandings of rental security by exploring the important role of the property manager in a tenant’s search for a private rental property. In the absence of any legislated right to housing, as is the case in many Anglophone societies, the decision to accept or reject a tenancy application is in the hands of the landlord, and, in many cases, the property manager, who provides expert advice to the landlord. A qualitative content analysis of blogs featured on two national websites advertising rental properties in Australia, identifies six aspects of interactions between the tenant and property manager argued to impact a tenant’s ability to secure a rental property: responsibility, making an impression, established relationships, honesty, flexibility and creative thinking. Findings suggest that understandings of rental security need to extend beyond a tenant’s experience while leasing and must incorporate experiences during the search for a private rental property.
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KEYWORDS: Applications, private rental market, consumer process

To cite this article: Bronwyn Bate (2019): Rental security and the property manager in a tenant’s search for a private rental property, Housing Studies, DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2019.1621271

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