PHOTO: Evictions put tenants and the wider public at greater risk, experts say. Louise Kennerley
Landlords are being urged to show leniency to tenants who cannot afford to pay their rent, with calls to ban evictions amid the worsening coronavirus crisis.
With a growing number of Australians expected to lose income due to the economic fallout from COVID-19, experts want evictions banned to protect not just tenants but the wider public.
“Putting people out in the community when they’re supposed to be staying home is not good,” said Leo Patterson-Ross, a senior policy officer at the Tenants’ Union of NSW.
“Even just from a health management perspective, we really should not be doing any evictions.”
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