gumnut to Melbourne · 16 days agoVictoria seeks to end draughty rentals in revamp of heating and cooling standardswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
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minus-squareSalvocakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 days agoLegislation only works when it is enforced and there aren’t any loopholes. Tenants; The rent is unsustainable and the heating bills are nearly as high as the rent! Government; Let’s make landlords improve properties so that they are more efficient. Green-Energy scammers; Let’s sell a solution that rides the loophole line between being government-compliant and non-functional. Landlords; We can pay the scammers a pittance and charge our Tenants more. Tenants; We are still cold and now paying higher rents and higher energy bills.
minus-squaremelbaboutownlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·15 days agoYou got it :( Or you get evicted for complaining
minus-squareRailisonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoHow easy is it to prove a retaliatory eviction?
minus-squareTaleyalinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days agoPretty easy now that there’s no weasel way to evict a tenant. The big issue is that VCAT needs a massive injection of staff and funds
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoWhat’s the point of fighting if it takes VCAT over a year to take your case? I went to VCAT over a bond issue and that took a year to resolve.
Legislation only works when it is enforced and there aren’t any loopholes.
Tenants; The rent is unsustainable and the heating bills are nearly as high as the rent!
Government; Let’s make landlords improve properties so that they are more efficient.
Green-Energy scammers; Let’s sell a solution that rides the loophole line between being government-compliant and non-functional.
Landlords; We can pay the scammers a pittance and charge our Tenants more.
Tenants; We are still cold and now paying higher rents and higher energy bills.
You got it :(
Or you get evicted for complaining
How easy is it to prove a retaliatory eviction?
Pretty easy now that there’s no weasel way to evict a tenant. The big issue is that VCAT needs a massive injection of staff and funds
What’s the point of fighting if it takes VCAT over a year to take your case? I went to VCAT over a bond issue and that took a year to resolve.