tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post8427012214038831975..comments2023-10-16T01:20:58.847+11:00Comments on The BROWN COUCH: Just give me one good reason - why tenancy laws need to changegobnathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10888173139712703092noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-36900537620432924332016-11-01T10:52:32.125+11:002016-11-01T10:52:32.125+11:00Thanks for sharing this - it's an incredibly f...Thanks for sharing this - it's an incredibly frustrating thing to have happen. We've heard from many tenants about their experiences of unfair evictions after posting this blog and sharing Penny's story. If you are interested in our documenting and potentially sharing your story, please feel free to get in touch with us. You can email me (Jemima) at jemima.mowbray[at]Jemimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383227848688784842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-41835308067190844972016-11-01T10:48:56.771+11:002016-11-01T10:48:56.771+11:00You're absolutely right, the impacts are finan...You're absolutely right, the impacts are financial, personal and social and they are significant. Evictions affect the individual, but also the broader community. We'd love to see more landlord accountability on this too (i.e. that landlords are required provide a genuine reason that can be tested at Tribunal if a tenant would like to challenge it). Thanks for your feedback, Jemima@TUJemimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383227848688784842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-17096142090964721502016-10-28T11:22:27.015+11:002016-10-28T11:22:27.015+11:00"We received another call on the 20/10 tellin..."We received another call on the 20/10 telling us the owner had decided to terminate our lease after all and we would receive it in writing, which we did on the 20/10 telling us to be out by the 9/1 but giving us no reason. " I am sorry, i meant to type 25/10 as the date we received the written termination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-67400847081132173572016-10-28T10:26:16.567+11:002016-10-28T10:26:16.567+11:00I find myself in this exact position right now. I ...I find myself in this exact position right now. I insisted on some repairs being done at my last inspection on 6/10. We had broken tiles, since Feb, repeatedly asking for them to be fixed. Vermin in leftover debris from a fence being replaced .. cause it kept falling over. Garden debris piled up in 4 piles in the front yeard, from trees the landlords brother/brother in law had cut down, rats Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-889843179357468812016-10-06T11:11:10.890+11:002016-10-06T11:11:10.890+11:00Well written. Unfortuately, in my humble opinion, ...Well written. Unfortuately, in my humble opinion, the laws are being made by people who live in their own homes, not by tenants. Unless people have had to live with lack of repairs, rude real estate agents/landlords and choosing between big rent increases or moving, yet again, they are unlikely to fully understand the pressure, financial or emotional, that tenants face to keep a home and not justAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com