LETTERS Some landlords hastily using their legal window

• Published date: 18 January 2021

Some landlords are using the time before the change of law to terminate tenancy contracts, in order to replace tenants with the landlord’s friends and also to increase rents to exorbitant prices. Some small two-bedroom units are being re-rented at anything between $400 and $500 a week. Some people are advertising caravans at over $300 a week. Given that government superannuation is just over $400 a week, many elderly people are now having to choose between having a roof over their heads or buying food and clothing. The...