When Jiaying Wan first arrived in Sydney to study, she was forced to pay more than $8,000 up-front for her four-month lease and bond.
When Chinese international student Jiaying Wan first arrived in Sydney to study accounting in 2018, she was forced to pay more than $8,000 up-front for her four-month lease and bond.Students in share housing are most often affected by poor living conditionsHer landlord also charged her a weekly cleaning fee of $165 and a one-off mattress protector fee of $75 for her student accommodation.
"I have never experienced this situation before, I didn't know how to handle it at the time, I felt I was stuck in that room." Redfern Legal Centre subsequently took the landlord to the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
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