55. Renting and COVID-19

We speak to tenants, tenant advocates and academics about renting during COVID-19. "The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a hopefully once in a lifetime opportunity to fix the structural and systemic problems of housing that have always been here in Australia." Dr Alistair Sisson "It's very easy to think that a housing crisis is an individual persons problem and I think what's really interesting and important about COVID is that it's drawn into sharp relief the fact that a housing crisis is a community problem and not just an individual problem."  Dr Emma Power Guests Academics: - Dr Emma Power, Western Sydney University - Dr Alistair Sisson, University of New South Wales - Dr Andrew Clarke, University of Queensland - Dr Chris Martin, University of New South Wales Public and Private Renters: - Catherine - Henry - Sammy - Ella - Caitie Tenant Advocates: - Leo Patterson Ross, Tenants Union of NSW - Jemima Mowbray, Tenants Union of NSW This episode was produced as a part of a University of Technology student placement at City Road by guest producers: - Sam Dover - Ursula Aczel