Renting with pets: a pathway to housing insecurity?

被引:72
作者
Power, Emma R. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Western Sydney, Inst Culture & Soc, Penrith, NSW, Australia
关键词
Secure occupancy; housing security; companion animals; rental housing; tenancy; RACIAL-DISCRIMINATION; COMPANION ANIMALS; DOGS; HOME;
D O I
10.1080/02673037.2016.1210095
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Companion animals are rarely considered in rental policy or research. This absence belies their prevalence and growing centrality within practices of family and home, and persists despite evidence of links between companion animals and rental insecurity. This paper begins to address this gap. Through an online survey and in-depth interviews with people who rented with companion animals in Sydney, Australia, over the 10 years to 2013, the paper identifies connections between pet ownership and rental insecurity, including perceptions about the low availability and poor quality of advertised pet-friendly' properties. The paper argues that pet ownership can trigger feelings of rental insecurity, and advocates for inclusion of pet ownership as a variable impacting secure occupancy. It suggests companion animals are an escalating rental risk, their significance to their owners causing some to accept accelerating levels of rental insecurity by keeping pets without landlord knowledge. These experience impact on the ability of renters to feel at home' in rental properties.
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页码:336 / 360
页数:25
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