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A couple is facing eviction just before Christmas after receiving a VERY brutal email from their landlord: ‘This is happening all over Australia and it’s only going to get worse’
- The couple is being evicted after receiving a large rent increase.
- The couple had previously asked that their rent not be raised by $100 a week
- Instead, they were ‘offered’ a 35 percent rent increase – an extra $170 per week
A couple has revealed how they are facing eviction just days before Christmas after their landlord raised their rent by $170 a week.
The couple said they had ‘begged’ their real estate agent not to raise the rent on their property in Griffith, Brisbane by more than $100.
However, the agent ‘offered’ them a raise to $170 a week and now they are being evicted.
The couple said they had ‘begged’ their real estate agent not to raise the rent
However, the agent instead ‘offered’ them a raise to $170 a week, and now they are being evicted.
Writing to their local MP, Max Chandler-Mather of the Greens, they said: ‘I am disabled and have not been able to work for over a year.
“We saw you were talking about rent increases and we have an amazing one to show you: a 35 percent increase and $170.”
The MP shared the couple’s story, along with an email from the estate agent detailing the new rental.
In addition to the rent increase, the agent said an additional deposit of $680 was required.
Mr. Chandler-Mather wrote: ‘An email today: a couple in Griffith who begged a real estate agent not to raise their rent by more than $100. The agent turned around and ‘offered’ a $100 increase. rent $170 per week.
‘Now they are being evicted. This is happening all over Australia and it will only get worse.”
Earlier this month, it was revealed that Australia The rent crisis is so severe that official records show no comparable shortage of available leases since the 1930s.
And the outlook for next year appears to be even more dire, with double-digit home price increases now forecast for 2023 and investing homeowners willing to hoard it while renters grapple with sky-high bills.
A long line of prospective renters meanders down the side road of a Sydney street hoping to spot a $700-a-week two-bedroom rental property in the eastern suburb of Clovelly
This photo of a crowded open inspection in Bondi (pictured) epitomizes Sydney’s dire rental crisis, where desperate tenants compete for properties.
House prices in Sydney are expected to rise by 8 to 12 percent next year when interest rate increases halt, with Melbourne projected to see increases of up to 6 percent and Perth of up to 13 percent.
Rents have soared an average of 10.3% in Australia since the beginning of this year, and housing shortages have forced families to share houses or move to caravans, cars and tents.
The national rental vacancy rate is at an all-time low of 0.9 percent, according to recent Domain research.
The SGS Economics and Planning and National Shelter Rental Affordability Index report released earlier this month makes for even bleaker reading.
The report found that rent had become less affordable in all capital cities in 2022 compared to last year and rents in the NSW, Victoria and Queensland regions were at unprecedented levels of unaffordability.
The RAI found that 30 percent or more of a person’s income is typically spent on rent.
The report’s lead author, Ellen Witte, said this was extremely taxing on people with single income budgets, including single parents and retirees.