Federal Elections
10th annual Green Left Weekly comedy debate: Tony Abbot is our saviour?!
With Rod Quantock, ex-Age columnist Catherine Deveny and heaps more! Saturday May 29, 7.30pm at Brunswick Townhall, Melbourne.
Lower the voting age!
Housing: a right not a privilege
Housing: a right not a privilege
I tell them “turn on the waterâ€
I tell ’em “turn on the heatâ€
Tells me “All you ever do is complainâ€
Then they search the place when I’m not here
But we can, you know we can
Let’s lynch the landlord man
— Dead Kennedys
For most young people, moving out of home is a nightmare. Real estate agents and landlords are usually prejudiced against young people, which makes finding a new home very difficult. In Sydney, there is a massive housing crisis, leading to a cut-throat market. When looking for rental accommodation this year, I found even when houses were both run-down and expensive, there was up to 50 people applying for them. Landlords have used the housing crisis to their advantage, pushing up already high rents. A 2007 study by Shelter Australia found that almost 1.2 million households are having to spend more than 30% of their income in housing costs, with over 400,000 spending over 50% of their income on housing.
I tell them “turn on the waterâ€
I tell ’em “turn on the heatâ€
Tells me “All you ever do is complainâ€
Then they search the place when I’m not here
But we can, you know we can
Let’s lynch the landlord man
— Dead Kennedys
For most young people, moving out of home is a nightmare. Real estate agents and landlords are usually prejudiced against young people, which makes finding a new home very difficult. In Sydney, there is a massive housing crisis, leading to a cut-throat market. When looking for rental accommodation this year, I found even when houses were both run-down and expensive, there was up to 50 people applying for them. Landlords have used the housing crisis to their advantage, pushing up already high rents. A 2007 study by Shelter Australia found that almost 1.2 million households are having to spend more than 30% of their income in housing costs, with over 400,000 spending over 50% of their income on housing.

