The hot rental market in Australia is forcing tenants to give up their pets, leaving SA animal shelters inundated with animals needing adoption.
Renters are being forced to give up pets or risk being homelessRenters advocacy group Better Renting is calling on all states and territories to impose regulations preventing landlords from discriminating against people with pets.
"The ability to secure a home should not be because of the biases of a person seeking to rent out their rental property," he said.RSPCA SA has had more than 7,200 animals come through its doors this financial year to date, with an increasing number from struggling renters forced to give up their pets amid the worsening rental crisis in South Australia.
RSPCA SA is backing calls for legislative change to boost renters' rights to have pets and bringing the state in line with Victoria, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.In Victoria, for example, landlords are only able to deny a tenant's request for a pet if they receive approval from the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
"That means many, many pet owners are given a blanket refusal and have nowhere to go, and have to surrender their animals," she said. Shelter SA executive director Alice Clark said pet owners had been struggling to find new rentals "for some time" but the problem had worsened with decreasing vacancy rates in South Australia."We've heard of people with children, single parents, who just can't find a place to rent. Couples without children are preferred."
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