Call for reform as 'rental society' looms
RUTH WILLIAMS
The Sunday Age April 18, 2010
AS HOME ownership slips beyond the grasp of more Australians, the private rental market will need major reforms to cope with unprecedented demand in coming decades, housing affordability researchers have warned.
Terry Burke, professor of housing studies at Swinburne University's Institute for Social Research, said Australia had crossed a point of ''no return'' in housing affordability, raising ''fundamental questions'' about the role of private rental housing