Archives: May 2020

We recently provided evidence to a Parliamentary Committee about COVID-19 and protections for residential tenants. We recommended that the freeze on rent increases and the ban on evictions be extended for another three months.  Find our submission to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Subordinate Legislation below.

Rents in the December quarter 2019 continued to rise in all parts of the state and well above inflation as they have done over the past three years. This issue along with the upcoming March quarter 2020 issue will be the last before Corona picture. We are curious. Will rents change and how? In the […]

Ahead of the debate in parliament today a coalition of community groups have written to the Premier calling for a commitment that greater protections will be provided to residential tenants.