Amity James
Biographic Data
| ID | 3922636 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amity James |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amity |
| FAMILY NAME | James |
| SIGNATURE | JAMES A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Curtin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2110-6037 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Understanding the motivations and nature of Australian parents assisting their children to enter the housing market
As housing markets become increasingly unaffordable, there has been growing interest in the role of intergenerational transfers for enabling first homeownership. However, there is little understanding of parents’ motivations to assist their children and how these motivations are formed. Drawing on semi-structured interviews and focus groups with Australian parents, we find that while parents appear largely motivated by altruistic intents, with li…
Diffuse informality
This paper sheds new light on informal-formal renting through the integration of paying rent to families within a ‘modes’ of renting typology framework. While private rental housing has long comprised a mix of informal and formal practices dualistic conceptions of informality and formality are being challenged as housing research explores emergent family and sharing economies alongside financialized and rentier economies. Well-used concepts of pr…
Luck and leaps of faith
Shared rental housing has long been one of the few affordable options available to low-income urban singles. Gaining access to a share rental dwelling has historically relied on ‘low tech’ communications such as noticeboards and classifieds, in relatively localised spatial areas. With the global proliferation of digitally mediated peer-to-peer platforms, the geographical reach of shared renting, including the opportunity for living with strangers…
Luck and leaps of faith
Shared rental housing has long been one of the few affordable options available to low-income urban singles. Gaining access to a share rental dwelling has historically relied on ‘low tech’ communications such as noticeboards and classifieds, in relatively localised spatial areas. With the global proliferation of digitally mediated peer-to-peer platforms, the geographical reach of shared renting, including the opportunity for living with strangers…
Diffuse informality
This paper sheds new light on informal-formal renting through the integration of paying rent to families within a ‘modes’ of renting typology framework. While private rental housing has long comprised a mix of informal and formal practices dualistic conceptions of informality and formality are being challenged as housing research explores emergent family and sharing economies alongside financialized and rentier economies. Well-used concepts of pr…
Luck and leaps of faith
Shared rental housing has long been one of the few affordable options available to low-income urban singles. Gaining access to a share rental dwelling has historically relied on ‘low tech’ communications such as noticeboards and classifieds, in relatively localised spatial areas. With the global proliferation of digitally mediated peer-to-peer platforms, the geographical reach of shared renting, including the opportunity for living with strangers…
Diffuse informality
This paper sheds new light on informal-formal renting through the integration of paying rent to families within a ‘modes’ of renting typology framework. While private rental housing has long comprised a mix of informal and formal practices dualistic conceptions of informality and formality are being challenged as housing research explores emergent family and sharing economies alongside financialized and rentier economies. Well-used concepts of pr…
Understanding the motivations and nature of Australian parents assisting their children to enter the housing market
As housing markets become increasingly unaffordable, there has been growing interest in the role of intergenerational transfers for enabling first homeownership. However, there is little understanding of parents’ motivations to assist their children and how these motivations are formed. Drawing on semi-structured interviews and focus groups with Australian parents, we find that while parents appear largely motivated by altruistic intents, with li…
Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Renting (2 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (1 works) · Economic growth (1 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (1 works)