Two failed Honi candidates are trying to win the seat of Strathfield

Marlow Hurst

Both the Liberal and Labor candidates vying for the seat of Strathfield in the upcoming NSW State Election have previously run in and lost Honi Soit elections.

Students are forced to wait in queues, sometimes of 50+ people, just to inspect a sharehouse, which they’re often only able to get if they can afford to take part in rent bidding. We know there are plenty of empty properties in Sydney – over 160,000 of them, in fact. But landlords are deliberately keeping lots of them vacant in order to hike rental prices.”

“I think it’s important that students across campuses come together as part of protests to demand real and immediate action on the housing crisis. It’s great to be part of a campaign that can involve so many different campus activist collectives,” Johnson told Honi.

Ultimately, the consensus amongst protesters was clear: the action won’t end until landlords, developers, the government and university management confront the impact of the housing crisis on students, young people and renters.