A year into the Minns government renters can still be evicted on no grounds, or have their application refused because they have a pet.
A year into the Minns government, tenants can still be lawfully evicted for no reason or have an application refused because they have a pet, with no date in sight for NSW’s long-awaited rental reforms.
At that time, Jones remarked pets in rentals had been the greatest cause of debate. But government, industry and advocacy groups now agree it is a ban on no-grounds evictions which is most contentious. Asked when the reforms could be expected, Chanthivong pointed to already implemented rules to regulate rent bidding, the hiring of Jones as an inaugural rental commissioner, and plans to increase housing supply, as measures taken to improve conditions for tenants. He said the government was “working through the complexity” of no-ground evictions.
More than 16,000 responses conducted through the state government’s Your Say platform revealed “starkly diverging” viewpoints from renters and owners, according to a consultation summary report. He said the status quo basically allowed owners to do as they pleased, including evicting tenants to relist the property for a higher rent.
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