WA tenants fear facing evictions and huge rent increases once coronavirus moratorium ends
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Renters have voiced concerns about rent becoming unaffordable after the moratorium lifts.
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Affordable housing advocates and the Greens are calling for a ban on no-grounds evictions and the introduction of rent caps before the rental moratorium ends at the end of the month.
Key points:
It was a COVID measure designed to protect people who lost their jobs
Advocates warn there will be major price hikes when the rules wind up
Single mother-of-four Jessica, who did not want her last name used, was facing a $20 per week increase, bumping up the weekly price of her four-bedroom Alkimos home, in Perth s north, to $350.