Risk-assessment practices in the private rental sector

Summary

This project will investigate the role real estate agents play in allocating affordable tenancies to specific groups of renters. It will identify the factors that real estate agents take into account in assessing 'risks' involved in allocating affordable housing to low-income households and the routine practices and procedures they employ.


Project Number: 20346
Research Theme: Housing Affordability
Project Leader: Short, Patricia
Funding Year: 2006
Research Centre: Queensland

Research and Policy Bulletin

Research & Policy Bulletin

Issue 102: Risk assessment practices in the private rental sector: implications for low-income renters

Risk, whether perceived or actual, is a critical factor for property managers in deciding who is allocated housing in the private rental market, and how the allocation process occurs.

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Description

In the context of changing public housing programs, and the gradual loss of private low-rent stock, low-income households compete with moderate to high-income households for affordable tenancies in the private rental market. This project will identify:

  • the factors that real estate agents take into account in assessing 'risks' involved in allocating affordable housing to low-income households,
  • the routine practices and procedures they employ, at the point of allocation,
  • the likely outcomes of their risk-assessment practices, under different market conditions, and
  • potential impacts upon low-income tenants seeking affordable housing.

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Download now Research and Policy Bulletin: Issue 102: Risk assessment practices in the private rental sector: implications for low-income renters
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Download now Final Report: No.117: Risk assessment practices in the private rental sector implications for low income renters
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Download now Positioning Paper: No. 100: Risk-assessment practices in the private rental sector: implications for low-income renters
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