Anthony Albanese responds after tenant revealed he was being evicted from the PM’s Dulwich Hill home

Anthony Albanese has responded to his Sydney tenant who begged the Prime Minister not to make him homeless after serving him with an eviction notice.

Jim Flanagan, 45, has lived in one of Mr Albanese’s investment properties in the western Sydney suburb of Dulwich Hill for four years.

But the bar owner has now been given 90 days to pack up and leave as the Prime Minister wants to sell the three-bedroom mansion.

Mr Flanagan made his deportation order public on Wednesday, describing it as a ‘crippling blow’.

This is despite Mr Albanese cutting the rent for Mr Flanagan and his then partner to $680 a week during the pandemic – and not increasing it since. The market rate for a three-bedroom home in the areas is currently around $800 per week.

Now the Prime Minister has hit back, claiming he has been a ‘more than fair owner’.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his partner Jodie Haydon are pictured at Parliament House in Canberra

“The person who is in the property, I have, by my own admission, been a more than fair owner of that property,” Mr Albanese told ABC Radio National host Patricia Karvelas.

The Prime Minister said he was ‘entitled’ to decide to sell the property due to his upcoming wedding to partner Jodi Haydon.

He also accused Mr Flanagan of not having contacted the rental agent but instead deciding to go to the media with his story.

“Well, he has refused to have discussions with the broker,” Mr Albanese claimed.

‘That’s a matter for him. I wish him the best. He has been well taken care of for a long time.”

“I have the right to make decisions in my personal life, including the sale of a property I own, because I want to move in a different direction in my personal life.”

‘The property was purchased when my personal circumstances were different.’

Mr Flanagan has been given 90 days to vacate the Dulwich Hill property (pictured)

The Prime Minister’s property portfolio was previously estimated to be worth around $5 million, although he sold a two-bedroom apartment in Canberra in 2022.

Mr Albanese grew up in public housing in Sydney but now owns a mortgage-free bungalow in Marrickville and the three-bedroom townhouse in Dulwich Hill that he now plans to sell.

The Prime Minister divides his time between The Lodge in Canberra and Kirribilli House in Sydney, rent and mortgage free.

Mr Flanagan was reluctant to make his situation public but felt he had no other choice.

“This will kill me, it’s a crippling blow at this point,” he told the newspaper Daily telegram.

A shocked Mr Flanagan received the eviction notice from his property on May 8, informing him that Mr Albanese ‘might sell the house at some point’.

“Please note that the landlord is demanding vacant possession of the property… 90 days after the service of this letter,” the notice said.

Mr Flanagan then asked for clarification as to whether it was the landlord’s wish for him to vacate the property, which the agent confirmed.

The small business owner has a month-to-month lease and knows the Prime Minister has the right to sell the house.

But Mr Flanagan has been urged to try to stay on after reading about the Government’s $1.9 billion package to cut rental costs for vulnerable people, announced in Tuesday’s federal budget.

“It’s just not a good fit for (Mr Albanese) to sympathize with the majority of Australians who, like me, find the current climate extremely challenging,” Mr Flanagan said.

He said he voted Labor in the 2022 election and that he mainly supports the party’s policies, but he is