The Prime Minister has offered his views on the Greens' push for a two-year nationwide rental freeze after being asked whether he supported the proposal 'in principle'.
"Countries like Scotland and Canada have used rent freezes and controls to protect residents against massive rent increases, while even Victoria froze rents during the pandemic."
"We've got families sleeping in their cars, workers unable to afford a home near where they work, people being evicted from their homes because they can’t afford 20% rent increases," Mr Chandler-Mather said. "Rent control has a seductive, intuitive appeal which is that if you basically cap rent increases, then you're going to protect renters that are struggling to pay higher rental costs," Mr Coates said.
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