Tenant advocacy organisation Better Renting finds temperatures inside the homes it tracked dipped below the minimum temperature recommended by the WHO for an average of more than 17 hours a day.
Wearing multiple layers of clothing and going to bed early is one of the many ways Ada Fitzgerald-Cherry keeps warm in her Canberra share house.A new study has found the average rental house went below this level for 17 hours per day"It's a little depressing but often when I get home from work in the afternoon, I just get straight into bed because it's cold," Ms Fitzgerald-Cherry said.In attempts to keep warm by using heating, her daily energy bill has jumped from $3.
The report found renters were spending three times more in energy to warm up their dwellings than home owners with energy-efficient properties in the same suburbs. Better Renting executive director Joel Dignam said health risks from substandard rental properties needed to be addressed."Renters told us about getting sick more often, about a constant state of worry over energy costs, and an unending battle against mould and damp."Mr Dignam called on governments to implement minimum energy efficiency standards for rental homes.
One of the common problems that emerged was many renters were still unable to get warm even when they chose to run their costly, ineffective heaters because their rental homes were not built to be energy efficient.Rental prices have risen across Australia over the past year.
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