Rental security and the property manager in a tenant’s search for a private rental property

Bibliographic Data

ID11484352
AuthorsBernard Bate (0000-0001-7594-4274, Western Sydney University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume35
Issue4
Pages589-611
Publication date2020-04-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHousing Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0267-3037 • E-ISSN: 1466-1810
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02673037.2019.1621271
OpenAlexW2948264131
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited39

This article builds on current understandings of rental security by exploring the important role of the property manager in a tenant's search for a private rental property. In the absence of any legislated right to housing, as is the case in many Anglophone societies, the decision to accept or reject a tenancy application is in the hands of the landlord, and, in many cases, the property manager, who provides expert advice to the landlord. A qualitative content analysis of blogs featured on two national websites advertising rental properties in Australia, identifies six aspects of interactions between the tenant and property manager argued to impact a tenant’s ability to secure a rental property: responsibility, making an impression, established relationships, honesty, flexibility and creative thinking. Findings suggest that understandings of rental security need to extend beyond a tenant’s experience while leasing and must incorporate experiences during the search for a private rental property

Business · Civil engineering · Property (philosophy · Rental housing · Renting · Engineering · Housing Market and Economics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Legal principles and applications · Finance