Jordie van den Berg, a 27-year-old trained lawyer, is working to turn the tables on landlords and real estate agents with a website featuring more 1,500 reviews of rental properties and owners.
shows that the power discrepancy between renters and landlords is only getting worse, with vacancy rates falling to a record-low 1.1 per cent.says that 31 per cent of Australians rent their home. Mr van den Berg says the success of his website confirms a stark power imbalance between renters and landlords."If the question was, 'Are shit rentals a widespread issue?' the uptake so far proves that yes, yes it is. We have a problem.
"The rental crisis is a failure of successive governments for decades. It's not surprising [the government] have not stepped up to offer a registry," he said.Mr van den Berg said given the tight rental market, the dynamic between renters and landlords means tenants are even more vulnerable when they do report poor agency and landlord behaviour."There's such a massive power imbalance, that if they do that [report issues], they get evicted — that's what I've seen.
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