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Schandel, left, says her family’s three-bedroom unit has worked well.

Will Sydney’s apartments ever become more family friendly?

Apartments have traditionally not been the right fit for families. One idea could change that.

  • Anthony Segaert

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The ATO is cracking down on landlords who don’t declare, or incorrectly declare, rental income.

The ATO’s new move to claw back more than $1b from dodgy landlords

Landlords who have made mistakes on tax returns could face thousands of dollars in fines and interest on top of repaying unpaid tax.

  • Jim Malo
Michael Tuohy

Moving from a Sydney unit to a house gets five times harder in a generation

With Sydney’s median house price almost double that of the typical unit in the city, the difference between the two property types has turned into a chasm.

  • Kristy Johnson
Resident John Patmore who has lived in his Paddington boarding house apartment for 17 years.

John will be evicted from his ‘forever home’. He has nowhere to go

He is one of 32 battlers in the Paddington boarding houses that will have locks changed and power cut on February 1 before redevelopment into luxury houses.

  • Sue Williams
“Lovely sunroom”: Meg Kanofski at home in her inner Sydney flat.

I’ve had four housemates in three years. And I’m not the problem

You might think sub-letting a room that fits a queen bed in a clean, comfortable, well-located apartment would be easy in a housing crisis. Not so, but I got there in the end.

  • Meg Kanofski
Outgoing housemate Julia de Sterke with current housemates Vicky Lee, Shanky Yip, and Melissa Monroe in their Newtown sharehouse.

‘You’re competing with so many others’: Inside the weird world of rental speed-dating

10 minutes to choose your housemates for a year? How the housing crisis has made finding a room in Sydney riskier than ever.

  • Penry Buckley
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Jackie Olling swapped Sydney for London, where she pays more rent but is much better off.

Jackie was sick of the Sydney rental market, so she moved to London

Jackie Olling is among the thousands of young professionals leaving Sydney every year - for places even more expensive.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
If this says ** FOR USE IN PROPERTY SECTION ** is that fairly off limits for us?

The renters’ revolt: How to safeguard your rights as a tenant in Queensland

Recent changes to tenancy laws are a start, but there are other steps renters can take to protect their rights in an increasingly competitive market.

  • Courtney Kruk
Rents have slowed as tenants move in with housemates.

Landlords could once increase rents sharply. That’s changed

A tenant on a median household income would need to spend a third of it to rent the median home, the highest proportion on record.

  • Jim Malo and Elizabeth Redman
Policy that lowered house prices would be effective, but unpopular.

There’s an easy solution to housing affordability. But voters hate it

No one ever stopped John Howard in the street to complain about the value of their house going up. But are we at a tipping point?

  • Jim Malo

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