Who can afford $800 a week, just for a place to live? Then again, who has the choice? Sydney’s rental market is getting crazier and crazier. As the crisis worsens people are becoming desperate - sharing rooms or erecting tents in the living space. What’s to blame - short-term letting? Negative gearing? Lack of rent controls? Or, as the developers argue, underdevelopment? Mehra Jafari is a specialist planner who has led the City of Sydney’s enquiry into this to topic. This week, Mehra joins Elizabeth Farrelly on THE SYDNEYIST to unpick the thorny issue. LISTEN UP, LISTEN IN! THE SYDNEYIST 6pm Thursday 9th October 2025 Eastside Radio 89.7FM or eastsidefm.org #thesydneyist #thesydneyistpodcast #thesydneyistradioshow #elizabethfarrelly #eastsideradio897 #sydney #rentalcrisis #bondi #housingcrisis #shorttermrental #airbnb #unaffordablehousing #housingshortage #rentalprices #communityfirst #protectaffordableliving #cityofsydney #affordability #housingcrisis #rentalcrisis #affordablehousing