Episode 2.5 When Every System Fails You at Once with Joel Dignam

In this episode, I speak with Joel Dignam, Building Better Homes Campaign Lead at the Summer Foundation and Founder of Better Renting, about what it would take for renting to become a genuine long-term option across the life course.

One aha moment is that people may buy and sell several homes as their lives change, not because they want to keep purchasing property, but because renting never gave them enough security to adapt.

Listen to discover:

• Why staying in the same home and asking for nothing can be mistaken for proof that the home works

• How the cost of a rental bond can keep someone in housing that no longer meets their needs

• Why coordinating broken systems can create another layer of bureaucracy instead of a solution

• What happens when a housing system passes 85 per cent capacity and loses the flexibility to function

• Why renting may suit real life better than owning, if Australia gives renters genuine security

Also worth listening to:

Episode 1.1 Crossing Borders - Housing Futures Between Tweed NSW and Gold Coast QLD with Jackson Hills and John Engeler

Episode 1.12 Reframing the role of inclusive housing in Australia’s traditional housing system with Nicole Doherty