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June's branch meeting is coming up!

#rent #renters #renting #tennantsUnion #housingForAll

Welcome to RAHU WEST AUSTRALIA

Juhe Branch meeting
Tuesday, 24th of June

6:15pm to 7:45pm

Goldfields Room, State Library
Perth WA 6000

Non-members welcome!
Online options available; agenda online - links on Facebook, Email, and Discord

My First Party: Fighting for a place to live, with William van den Wall Bake
Episode webpage: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/owen-miller52/episodes/Fighting-for-a-place-to-live--with-William-van-den-Wall-Bake-e33tr7o
Media file: https://anchor.fm/s/1050a1d8c/podcast/play/103787192/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-5-7%2F401735285-44100-2-5a0a97667b314.mp3

For anyone on a long drive here's a podcast "My First Party" you might be interested. This podcast channel is run by Owen Miller from the Fusion Party and this episode is an interview with William from Renters and Housing Union about grassroots movements for more renters rights.

#rahu #rentersrights #auspol #politics #renters #australia

State Sen. Paul Bettencourt led the effort to crack down on squatting with Senate Bills 38 and 1333, which are awaiting Gov. Greg Abbott's signature. The House revised both to strike a balance between the rights of property owners and tenants.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2025/05/29/522576/houston-senators-anti-squatting-bills-set-to-become-texas-law/

#Business #Court #Housing #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #Renters #Squatting #StateSenatorPaulBettencourt #TenantsRights #TexasHousers

A colleague just told me they bought a house a few years ago with a 2% rate.

There’s an entire generation of #homeowners that can’t afford to move, and a cohort of #renters that can’t afford to buy.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mortgage-rates-jump-above-7-after-moodys-downgrade-of-u-s-credit-0d287336

#housing #HousingMarket

The 20 Most #Affordable #FastGrowing #Cities in the #US.

Thinking of #relocating? Check out these booming, #budget-friendly cities across the U.S. that offer strong value for #renters and #homebuyers alike.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/most-affordable-fast-growing-cities-in-the-us

#Renters With #Pets Organize After #Climate Disasters

https://www.yesmagazine.org/economic-power/2025/05/14/climate-disasters-pet-rent-obstacles

This is considered a "buyers market" in Toronto. I'd dispute that, as the average income in Canada is $58,000/year, which is insufficent to purchase a microcondo in T.O. "The average selling price, at $1.1 million, was down by 4.1 per cent compared to April 2024. On a monthovermonth basis, the average selling price dropped 0.7 per cent." #housing #housingcrisis #homelessness #renters #buyers #toronto #realestate #snowwashing #foreignbuyers #reits https://www.thestar.com/real-estate/toronto-area-home-prices-finally-start-to-fall-as-buyers-gain-negotiating-power/article_31223938-880d-4969-b691-8d46b55e8e13.html#:~:text=The%20average%20selling%20price%2C%20at,supply%20outstrips%20demand%2C%20Mercer%20said.

In the current climate, everywhere, union membership is more important than ever.

Join your local tenants' union
Join your workplace union (if you don't have a unionised workplace, join a general workers union as they will still be able to support you)
Join your local credit union

#LowIncome #Tenants #Renters #Workplace #Employment #Savers #Borrowers #LGBTQIA #Rights #Unions

Day 22 cont 💰💰💰🏡

“Nearly half of all #renters sit in the bottom 40% of income levels, compared with just one-fifth of first home buyers.

“If you’re in the bottom two #quintiles of income, you’re probably not really going to have enough #income to be servicing a #mortgage, whichever way you go,” Phillips says.

“There’s not a lot that we’ve seen in the election #campaign to really help those people, and they’re the people who really are #struggling.”

That leaves nearly half the renting population, or four million #Australians, beyond the reach of homebuyer help even before the new #policies arrive.”

If you don’t own or cannot afford a home, Australian politicians are not interested in you.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Labor / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/20/who-actually-benefits-from-the-coalition-and-labors-housing-policies>

NDP won't support first budget unless it includes rent control #housing #commodification #rentcontrol #renters #canada #ndp #liberal #conservative #election
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/ndps-platform-to-demand-national-rent-control-for-partys-support-of-first-budget-source/article_979a4b3b-2031-43fd-9c53-f2c11ed60611.html

Have renters been forgotten this election campaign?
Rents and other housing costs are rising and so is the proportion of renters in Canada. Tenants say they are left in precarious positions and feel unheard and under-represented in the federal election campaign so far.
#housing #election #politics #renters #Canada #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/renters-federal-election-1.7505452?cmp=rss