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And finally, our editorial where we critique the idea of disruption and point to various conceptual entry points for analysing digital transformations in housing and home.

Me on digital experiments in residential rent extraction: how co-living firms seek to optimise yields and enrol tenants into new techno-economic systems.

Peta Wolifson, @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social and Dallas Rogers on the forms of discrimination driven by Proptech in Australia’s private rental system.

Megan Nethercote on how corporate landlords mobilise renters’ personal data to extract value from their assets; scoring, sorting and stratifying them.

Benai Pham on the challenges and potentials of digital engagement technologies in urban democratic processes.

Pranita Shrestha, Nicole Gurran and Zahra Nasreen on the transformation of home-sharing into a global digital marketplace.

@maedhbhlikedave.bsky.social on how corporate landlords have driven a process of ‘disruptive consolidation’ in Dublin’s private rental sector.