Rental-Insights-A-COVID-19-Collection - Flipbook - Page 13
fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Sankey(
node = dict(
pad = 15,
thickness = 20,
line = dict(color = "black", width = 0.5),
RENTAL INSIGHTS:
COPING WITH
label = ['Total',
LOW INCOME
'Yes, have asked (17.5%)', 'No, but plan to ask (12.5%)',
'No, not planning to ask (66.4%)', 'Prefer not to say (3.7%)',
'Received a rent reduction (7.4%)', 'Received a rent deferment (2.9%)',
'Landlord or agent would not negotiate (5.2%)', 'Other (2.0%)',
'Too hard to request for one (7.6%)', 'Not possible due to contractual reasons (5.9%)',
'Not needed (44.1%)', 'Other (8.7%)'],
color = "red"
),
link = dict(
source = [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3], # indices correspond to labels, eg A1, A2, A2, B1, ...
target = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12],
value = [2321, 1664, 8818, 486, 983, 385, 690, 263, 1011, 786, 5863, 1158]
12
))])
fig.update_layout(title_text="Did you ask your landlord or agent for a rent reduction due to COVID-19?", font_size=10)
#plt.savefig('/Users/vij/Dropbox/Work/Research/2020/Renting During Covid/sankey.png')
fig.show()
Did you ask your landlord or agent for a rent reduction due to COVID-19?
Did you ask your landlord or agent for a rent reduction due to COVID-19?
Not needed (44.1%)
No, not planning to ask (66.4%)
Other (8.7%)
Total
Too hard to request for one (7.6%)
Not possible due to contractual reasons (5.9%)
No, but plan to ask (12.5%)
Yes, have asked (17.5%)
Prefer not to say (3.7%)
Other (2.0%)
Landlord or agent would not negotiate (5.2%)
Received a rent deferment (2.9%)
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No, not planning to ask (66.4%)
Other (8.7%)
Total
Too hard to request for one (7.6%)
Who is most affected?
What
No, bis
ut pthe
lan to asrelevance
k (12.5%)
to Australian policy?
Not possible due to contractual reasons (5.9%)
… many tenants
do not feel that
they can ask for
rent reductions out
of fear of negative
consequences …
Other (2.0%)
On average, those who indicated some
Landlord or agent would not negotiate (5.2%)
Yes, have asked (17.5%)
Received a rent deferment (2.9%)
need for rental payment assistance
Multiple jurisdictions across Australia
Received a rent reduction (7.4%)
Prefer not to say (3.7%)
were more likely to be young (31.4%
have initiated rent relief grants and
print('%.1f'
%(100.
* 983/13289.))
of these
individuals
are 18–29 years
other tenancy protection measures
print('%.1f'
%(100.
* to
385/13289.))
old, compared
24.7% of those who
to assist residential tenants who are
print('%.1f' %(100. * 690/13289.))
did
not
feel
the
need
to
ask
for
a
rent
print('%.1f' %(100. * (84 + 144 + 35)/13289.)) facing financial hardship due to the
reduction), low-income (36.3% have
COVID-19 pandemic.
7.4
annual household incomes less than
2.9
$59,000, compared to 31.8% for the
However, not all tenants who need
5.2
reference group) and have children
2.0
of assistance qualify for rent relief.
(41.0% belong to a household with
Consequently, they need to negotiate
children,
compared
35.2%
for
print('Why
did you
not asktoyour
landlord
or agent
for with
a rent
due to COVID-19?')
directly
theirreduction
landlords and
the reference group).
agents for rent reductions and/or
ctr1, ctr2, ctr3, ctr4 = 0, 0, 0, 0
cats = [95, 97, 98]
for idx, row in data.iterrows():
deferments. As our analysis points
out, many tenants do not feel that
they can ask for rent reductions out of
if row['Q47CC03'] == 1:
fear of negative consequences, most
ctr3 += 1
frequently eviction. This suggests that
elif row['Q47CC02'] == 1:
ctr2 += 1
current tenancy protection measures
elif row['Q47CC01'] == 1:
could potentially be strengthened to
ctr1 += 1
safeguard the interests of existing
else:
tenants, and to redress the imbalance
found = False
for cat in cats:
of power between tenants and landlords
found = found or (row['Q47CC%02d' %(cat)] == 1)
in the country.
ctr4 += int(found)
print()
