renters

Two years ago, Mary Louis submitted an application to rent an apartment at Granada Highlands in Malden, Massachusetts. She liked that the unit had two full bathrooms and that there was a pool on the premises. But the landlord denied her the apartment, allegedly due to a score assigned to her by a tenant-screening algorithm made by SafeRent.Louis responded with references to prove 16 years of punctual rent payments, to no avail. Instead she took a different apartment that cost $200 more a month in an area with a higher…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Compared to the rest of the world, income inequality is not particularly high in Australia, nor is it getting much worse—until you include housing. Rising housing costs have dramatically widened the gap between what Australians on high and low incomes can afford. Rising home prices paired with…

An "Apartments For Rent" sign outside a building in the East Village neighborhood of New York, U.S.Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesManhattan rents rose 2% in November, dashing hopes that prices would cool and forcing many renters to give up their leases or downsize, according to brokers.The median rent for a Manhattan apartment in November hit $4,033, up from $3,964 in October, according to a report from Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel. The average rent, which is often skewed by luxury sales, fell slightly for the…

Metro Atlanta is on a hot streak.More than 6 million people now live in the region, according to recent Census Bureau estimates. Experts say that's about a 50% increase from 20 years ago. "It's a huge increase in population," said Dan Immergluck, a professor of urban studies at Georgia State University. "That has taxed the region environmentally."Financial and tech firms continue to flock toward metro Atlanta. This builds on the city's strong logistics, entertainment and film, and health services industries. Demand for…

Numbers of private rental properties in Sydney and Melbourne at five-year intervals from 2000 to 2020. Properties are categorized by year of first observation in rental bonds data. Credit: Author provided More Australians are renting their housing longer than in the past. But they have relatively little legal security against rent increases and evictions compared to tenants in other countries. When state governments suggest…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Renters make up more than a third of the U.S. population, but new research from the University of Georgia suggests they're grossly underrepresented in all levels of government. The study found that roughly 93% of members of Congress, federal judges, mayors, city councilmembers, state legislators and…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Many private landlords lack the knowledge, skills and support needed to provide decent homes for renters, a new study has found. The U.K. Collaborative Center for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) study, by Dr. Jennifer Harris and Professor Alex Marsh at the University of Bristol, is based on a survey carried…

Stephanie Terrell, a Portland, Ore., renter who owns a used electric car, charges it at a public charging station in a grocery store parking lot on Sept. 30, 2022. Terrell bought an EV this fall, but charging it up has been a constant challenge because as a renter she does not have access to a private garage where she can plug in overnight and public options are often limited. Credit: AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus Stephanie…

Renewable energy is all the rage, but while homeowners can install things like solar panels, renters are being left behind. Fortunately, a Berlin startup is trying to change that. We Do Solar was founded in September 2021 by Karolina Attspodina and Qian Qin. They’ve created a solar panel kit that you can attach to your balcony or fence — and can help renters reduce their energy bills by up to 25%. The panels come with mounting straps, a micro-inverter, and a plug. They can be attached to a…

Rising rents mean many elderly tenants cannot afford to continue living in their homes. Credit: Shutterstock Andy would rather remain as anonymous as possible because, "it's kind of embarrassing people knowing how little you have." He has been living in his home for 21 years. It is a postwar house in the Greater Hamilton, Ont. area with a covered front porch, postage stamp lawn and plaster that has begun to crack. His cat,…