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Soaring rents push people further from jobs, community

Australian renters are paying on average an extra $204 per week to keep a roof over their heads compared to five years ago, a nearly 44 per cent increase.

AAP · Oct 7, 2025

NSW real estate agents threaten renters with fees if they are not home for tradespeople – but legally they don’t have to be

More than 2,100 people contacted the tenants’ union in 2024 for advice about access, despite ‘no basis’ for the charge

The Guardian - AU · Jul 25, 2025

‘A time of great anxiety’: renters fear surge in no-grounds evictions before NSW ban comes into force

Housing organisations welcome the new laws but are bracing for a spike in evictions before the change takes effect

The Guardian - AU · Apr 10, 2025

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‘I was livid’: Sydney single mother pressured by landlord to leave rental just nine months into lease

Fiona was told that the landlord needed to move into the flat, which was then relisted for $300 more a week when Fiona moved out

The Guardian - AU · Jan 13, 2024

These Are Melbourne’s 10 Hardest Suburbs To Find A Rental In As Vacancy Rates Plummet

The stats are in for which Melbourne suburbs are the hardest to find a rental in, as Australia continues to suffer a rental crisis.

Pedestrian.tv · Nov 24, 2023

‘Wild west’: Australia’s would-be tenants asked about tattoos and social media as calls grow for regulation

Another renter was told to provide a year’s worth of bank statements, with NSW minister saying applicants ‘rightly feel uneasy’ about data collection

The Guardian - AU · Jun 11, 2023

Rent increases are skyrocketing, but negotiations are still happening. Here's how people are doing it

If a rent increase is on the cards, here's how you can get on top of it without straining your relationship with the landlord.

ABC News · May 18, 2023

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Think you're on a 'rental blacklist'? Here's how it may have happened, and what to do about it

With rental vacancy rates at record lows, even the possibility of being blacklisted from finding a property is enough to terrify tenants. So how does "rental blacklisting" work, and what can you do about it?

ABC News · Apr 23, 2023

Coffs Harbour public housing tenant says walls leak, Mission Australia denies 'major' water damage

A Coffs Harbour public housing tenant says she has been living out of her lounge room for months after torrential rain breached the roof of her home.

ABC News · Nov 19, 2022

More than 2,000 premises deemed uninhabitable in NSW region already beset by ‘beyond dire’ housing crisis

The Northern Rivers had a shortfall of 2,300 homes before last week’s floods hit. Homeless services are daunted by what’s to come

The Guardian - AU · Mar 6, 2022

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