Exciting news: Applications for Better Renting's Summer Renter Researchers 2024 are opening this Friday, 6 October!
This summer, Better Renting will continue their mission to record temperatures in sweltering Australian rental homes, highlighting the direct effects of substandard, inefficient housing on renters' health and wellbeing.
Renter Researchers is a citizen science project that puts temperature trackers into the homes of renters across Australia. We’re recruiting for new renters to join our Renter Researchers 2023 project.
Over the past three years, national conversations about minimum standards for rental homes have shifted significantly. Through the promotion of compelling renter stories, backed by hard data, Better Renting has gained extensive media coverage—over 150 stories across print, online, radio, and TV news outlets from both their summer and winter Renter Researcher projects. Renter Researchers sent over 30 MP letters in the last project alone. However, there is still much work to be done.
The urgency of this Summer Renter Researchers project cannot be overstated. Temperatures are predicted to hit record highs this year and this will be the last Renter Researcher project before the next federal election. There is a window of opportunity to generate as much impactful data and media attention as possible. Every new participant will create more opportunities for media, MP letters, and advocacy around minimum energy efficiency standards.
Here’s a useful guide to help make this easy for you
Share this donation link to help fund Renter Researchers’ participation in the project
Sign up as a Renter Researcher if you’re a renter!
Applications close Friday 27 October.
You can find more information and apply on the Better Renting website. If you have any questions or if you want to know more about sponsoring Renter Researchers, please get in touch.
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