29.07.21 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Victorian government has announced it is “exactly the right time” to provide rent relief for commercial leases worth $80 million, while Victorian working renters have been left behind. This announcement shows that the state government […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 08/06/2021 At 9:00am on 8 June 2021, RAHU delivered the COVID19 Open Letter of Joint Demands petition signed by over 1,300 individuals – and signed onto by 18 unions and organisations in open letter form – calling […]
Sign the Open Letter of Joint Demands: COVID19 Victorian Lockdown as an individual here To the Victorian State Government and Australian Federal Government We the undersigned are calling for the urgent need to immediately reinstate the COVID19 Rental Protections. Victorian […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 28/05/2021 As of 12:00am Thursday, Victoria entered a “circuit breaker” lockdown for a minimum 7 days in response to a surge in community COVID-19 transmissions. RAHU calls on the Victorian Government to immediately reinstate the COVID19 Rental […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday 20 May 2021 RAHU welcomes the Treasurer’s announcement of marginal tax increases for the wealthiest percentile of property investors, and urgently calls for the Victorian Government to commit to funding Public Housing as part of Victoria’s […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday 12th 2021 Although treasurer Frydenberg claimed that the federal government’s latest budget was not a pivot to austerity, once again the federal government has ignored those most in need. Frydenberg acknowledged that this budget is similar […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 16.04.21 Domain’s recently released March Rental Report shows Melbourne CBD rents declining yet in the same report outer Melbourne suburbs and regional rents are steeply rising, as nationally rents are at an all time high. While the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 23 2021 This Sunday, March 28th, the temporary protections Victorian renters have enjoyed will end, yet the economic effects of the pandemic continue. As renters, we are 30% of Victoria’s population, and many of us were […]
65 year old Thornbury renter Louise Goode was forcibly evicted from her home by police last week. Louise has lived there for 29 years. An ongoing dispute with her community housing corporation led to Louise’s home being fenced off, with […]
16.02.2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 40 days out from the end of the eviction moratorium, we find ourselves back in Stage 4 lockdown. In six weeks’ time, most rent reductions will expire, rent increases and evictions will again be used against […]
