Experts are calling a national crisis as Australia's rental market is under unprecedented pressure.

Professor Nicole Gurran, University of Sydney chair of urbanism and housing expert, tells Luke as Australia continues to face a rental crisis, regulation of the sector was "critical".

'Although there may have been a drop in sheer numbers of short-term rentals over the COVID-19 period, it was inevitable that a return of international tourists would see an eventual lift in numbers.'

"We know that anything we do to take away supply out of a rental market will exacerbate the pressures that people face when they're trying to rent something in the market," Professor Gurran said.

Experts are calling a national crisis as Australia's rental market is under unprecedented pressure.
Professor Nicole Gurran, University of Sydney chair of urbanism and housing expert, tells Luke as Australia continues to face a rental crisis, regulation of the sector was "critical".
'Although there may have been a drop in sheer numbers of short-term rentals over the COVID-19 period, it was inevitable that a return of international tourists would see an eventual lift in numbers.'
"We know that anything we do to take away supply out of a rental market will exacerbate the pressures that people face when they're trying to rent something in the market," Professor Gurran said.

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