Thousands of renters plan to stop paying their landlords this month in a nationwide strike as government negotiations stall | JennieDuke ErykBagshaw
Thousands of residential renters plan to stop paying their landlords this month in a nationwide strike as government negotiations stall and real estate agents claim they are being abused.
Despite expectations of an Australia-wide consensus, the national cabinet on Tuesday urged tenants and landlords to negotiate with each other and gave the states responsibility for residential regulation. "We believe that housing is a right. During this crisis, all landlords and agents should work hard to support people's basic needs," the letter said.Among the demands made by the group are an indefinite amnesty on rent and mortgage payments, a continued ban on all evictions until everyone had recovered from the crisis, no debts, fines or retaliatory rent hikes for tenants, and no adverse rental histories for those who do not pay rent.
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