Slumlord

Inside the investigation into Sydney’s illegal housing networks

The remains of a burnt-out caravan atop a shipping container in which several Japanese tourist were sleeping on the night of the fire at 90 Burrows Road Alexandria — Image: Liam Saville

Slumlord: Inside the Investigation into Sydney’s Illegal Housing Networks is my first-hand account of the work undertaken by the City of Sydney Council’s Illegal Accommodation Investigation Team to investigate, disrupt, dismantle, and prosecute some of Sydney’s worst slumlords.