An Aussie couple asked for advice after their landlord was withdrawn again and started sleeping on the floor of the living room of their apartment in Melbourne.
They shared a photo of a person they claimed that their landlord was on a thin mattress on the floor of their living room who was to Reddit this week.
“I have a problem with our landlord,” they wrote next to the post removed since then.
The couple explained that they moved to the apartment at the beginning of February with their landlord in the other room of the place with two bedrooms.
They claimed that the landlord then left her room and rented to another couple. She moved to her friend's site 'but then started complaining about it'.
“Since then she has slept at least seven nights on the living space and also uses the flat to use the TV and the couch a lot,” wrote the couple.
'We don't know what to do and how to tell her that they shouldn't do this weird behavior.
“We have a housemate contract, so there is something on paper that we can trust.”
The pair of Melbourne claimed that their landlord had moved to them again and slept on a thin mattress on the floor of the living room (the Reddit photo is depicted)
Aussies quickly shared their thoughts about the bizarre housing arrangements.
“They are not landlords. What they do is that they rent the apartment and as soon as they are accepted, they sublet the apartment illegally on Gumtree, so that it covers the rent and earns extra money, “one person wrote.
'I used to live in apartments like this once I was a student and we should leave for the day if the broker would do an inspection.
“In short, the richer international students who benefit from poorer international students and holders of working vacation visa.”
'As long as your lease is current, it has no legal right to sleep there. There is a legal process for deporting tenants if she would like her flat again, “wrote another.
'In the meantime I would call Vicpol (Victoria Police) to have her removed from the site. Of course it means that your lease will probably be terminated early because she wants her property back, but at least you don't have to live with her. '
Under the Residential Tenancy ACT (1997), tenants have the right to 'calm enjoyment' of their buildings, which means that they are entitled to reasonable peace, comfort and privacy, free of unreasonable interference by the landlord or other tenants.
Tenants are entitled to enjoy the building without interruption by the landlord or someone who claims them.
The number of houses for rent in Australia in January fell from 47,336 to 31,822.
Landlords and their agents may not interfere or allow the reasonable peace, comfort or privacy of the tenant.
If the conditions are violated, this can result in a maximum fine of 10 units.
In Victoria, 10 penalty units currently correspond to a fine of $ 1,975.90 for the 2024-25 financial year.
Australia is confronted with a serious rental crisis with low vacancy, rising rental prices and increasing rental stress, in particular for households with a low income.
The rent reporting data showed that the National Vacancy in January fell to only one percent, whereby the number of houses for rent throughout Australia fell from 47,336 to 31,822.
Factors that contribute to the crisis were the increased population in large cities, a lack of affordable homes and rising construction costs.
