Zahra Nasreen

Nov 27, 2024 | theconversation.com | Zahra Nasreen

Rental costs have hit record highs across Australia – in Sydney, for example, tiny two-bedroom apartments can fetch weekly rents well beyond $700. The housing crisis is forcing some people into an impossible choice: homelessness or sharing not just an apartment but a bedroom with strangers. “Hot bedding” – sharing the same beds in overcrowded rooms – has become a common reality for some tenants. For marginalised populations, these housing arrangements become a survival strategy.

Nov 27, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Zahra Nasreen

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Jul 30, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Zahra Nasreen |Nicole Gurran |Pranita Shrestha

IntroductionThe popularity and use of online platforms to access housing have increased in recent years, with platforms having different ‘logics’, business models and socio-technical structures (Fields and Rogers, 2021).