Tenants Queensland says the Federal Government must extend a moratorium on rental evictions to stop thousands of tenants in financially precarious situations from 'falling off a cliff' amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"It's been a tough six months financially, as well as all the anxiety that goes with it as well," she said.
Travel agent Joanne Harding-Smith is hopeful the freeze on evictions will be extended to December 31. She said she hoped it would take into account the industry someone worked in and how impacted it might have been by the pandemic.Tenants Queensland chief executive Penny Carr said some renters were also facing a reduction in Commonwealth payments at the end of the month.
"So all of those things coming together are a big cliff and those people are not going to be in any better situation to manage their problems — the problems that they're already experiencing."
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