gumnut to Melbourne · 6 months agoVictoria seeks to end draughty rentals in revamp of heating and cooling standardswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
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minus-squareSalvolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months 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-up5·6 months agoYou got it :( Or you get evicted for complaining
minus-squareRailisonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoHow easy is it to prove a retaliatory eviction?
minus-squareTaleyalinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months 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-up2·6 months 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.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·6 months agoUnless the landlord emails you stating “I’m evicting you in retaliation for x”, it’s almost impossible to prove.
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.
Unless the landlord emails you stating “I’m evicting you in retaliation for x”, it’s almost impossible to prove.