The Political Renter Class in So-Called Australia

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In this chapter, the authors examine the political renter class in Melbourne during the 2020 pandemic, linking Australia’s housing crisis to settler colonialism and Indigenous dispossession.

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Contributors

David Kelly

Rae Baker is a critical geographer, policy practitioner, and researcher focused on community-led inquiry and action. Their research and activism address housing inequality, land rights, and racial injustice and surveillance technology. They are an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati in the Research for Social Change and Education and Community Action Research graduate programs. They contribute community-driven research to Urban Praxis Workshop.

Prashanti Mayfield

Alexander Ferrer is a PhD student and movement-based researcher in Los Angeles. He works with Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, the Debt Collective, and the UCLA Institute on Inequality and Democracy.

Eirene Tsolidis Noyce

Samuel Stein is a geographer, urban planner, and housing policy analyst living and working in New York City. His writing on planning politics has been published by Jacobin, the Journal of Urban Affairs, the Guardian, and many other magazines, newspapers, and journals.