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Putting South West Sydney Renters on the Map

"I don’t know if we'll be able to stay in the local area. At inspections there are twenty or thirty other families there...
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Pamela Hunter, Community Services Manager, VERTO, a fair woman in an office with an Aboriginal painting in the background

Putting South West NSW Renters on the Map

"In 2022 the number of our clients affected by 'no grounds' eviction notices rose by a staggering 190%...
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Lauren, white woman with dark shoulder length hair holding her cat

Putting Northern Sydney Area Tenants on the Map

"The biggest problem for me is the instability, feeling unable to make the property your own, your home...
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Margaret, an older woman with fair skin in front of a corrugated iron wall

Putting Northern Rivers Renters on the Map

"Margaret lost all her possessions including her car in the floods, and then had to move seven times...
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Putting Mid Coast Renters on the Map

"Renters are facing hardship and need help, individual renters can’t do it alone. It will take a village...
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A person with long dark hair smiles at the camera in front of a red brick wall

Putting Inner West Renters on the Map

"I know tenants get exploited and mistreated even when the law is on their side... we felt like we had no chance.
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Putting Inner Sydney Renters on the Map

"I worked out that the current rental is the 60th time I have had to move in my life...
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A woman in a jumper sits in an armchair in front of a bookshelf, smiling at the camera

Putting Illawarra and South Coast Renters on the Map

"I couldn’t afford the increase – but now I have nowhere else to go. I’m effectively being made homeless...
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Keychain on a carpet

Putting Hunter Renters on the Map

"I'm too scared to send any more follow up emails in case they decide I’m too much trouble and evict me...
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Putting Eastern Sydney Area Renters on the Map

"I’ve paid over $120,000 in rent in 6 years. I have a good rental history, but now I’m being evicted for no reason?
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Putting Central Coast Renters on the Map

"I have no option except to put my furniture into storage, my dogs into kennels and I’ll have to couch surf...
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Putting Blue Mountains Renters on the Map

"I'm not sure what's going to happen next year, I can feel the familiar anxiety and concerns rising...
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