Climate Change Adaptation in the Rental Sector

Instone, L; Mee, K; Palmer, JM; Williams, M; Vaughan, N

Climate Change Adaptation in the Rental Sector

Instone, L Mee, K Palmer, JM

Williams, M Vaughan, N

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Publisher:: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation, 2015, pp. 372 - 379
Issue Date:: 2015

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dc.contributor.author	Instone, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Mee, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Palmer, JM https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4131-4482	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Williams, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Vaughan, N	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Palutikof, JP	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Boulter, SL	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Barnett, J	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Rissik, D	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation, 2015, pp. 372 - 379	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-118-84501-1	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30608
dc.description.abstract	This chapter examines both assets and barriers for climate adaptation in the rental housing sector through a case study of renters and housing managers in regional Australia. The study included in-depth semi-structured interviews with 22 tenants and 17 housing managers in the public and private housing sectors. A wide range of secondary sources including media articles, sustainable renting guides and legislative and policy documents. Private sector tenants believed that negative social and political attitudes to renters in Australia were an obstacle to changing tenancy conditions and improving housing. There was a wide range of views among property managers about the importance or reality of climate change, from belief to some scepticism. Amending tenancy conditions to enhance the active contribution of tenants to climate change adaptation may require innovative legislative frameworks that reflect climate change and equity imperatives as well as protection for landlords and tenants.	en_US
dc.publisher	Wiley-Blackwell	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1002/9781118845028.ch41	en_US
dc.title	Climate Change Adaptation in the Rental Sector	en_US
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Abstract:

This chapter examines both assets and barriers for climate adaptation in the rental housing sector through a case study of renters and housing managers in regional Australia. The study included in-depth semi-structured interviews with 22 tenants and 17 housing managers in the public and private housing sectors. A wide range of secondary sources including media articles, sustainable renting guides and legislative and policy documents. Private sector tenants believed that negative social and political attitudes to renters in Australia were an obstacle to changing tenancy conditions and improving housing. There was a wide range of views among property managers about the importance or reality of climate change, from belief to some scepticism. Amending tenancy conditions to enhance the active contribution of tenants to climate change adaptation may require innovative legislative frameworks that reflect climate change and equity imperatives as well as protection for landlords and tenants.

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