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It highlights rent hikes, insecure tenancies, unfair “no grounds” terminations, and widespread maintenance issues driving housing stress, poverty, and eviction risk. 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Many are living with maintenance issues, mould and damp, and in substandard conditions that they are too scared to raise requests for repairs for in case this is met with an eviction.  \nRents are increasing four times faster than wages, evictions are on the rise, and too many renters are just one rent hike away from homelessness. The NSW Council for Social Services estimates from the latest Census data that one in five renters are living in poverty. 2 With more renters than ever before living in housing stress as a result of paying more than 35% of their weekly income on rent.  \nThere are now more than 2 million renters in NSW. More people, including more children and more older people, are renting than ever before and for longer. It is critical that we reform rental laws in a way that recognise that for many home ownership is not and will not ever be an option, and as such ensuring life-long renters have a secure, safe and affordable place to live is a critical responsibility of the NSW Government.  \n1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census data for the Electorate of Newtown, 2021  \n2 NSW Council of Social Service, Mapping Economic Disadvantage in NSW, April 2023  \nWe welcome this consultation process and the priorities that the NSW government, and the newly appointed Rental Commissioner, are pursuing-all of which are desperately overdue reforms to make renting fairer.  \nBeyond this, we urge the NSW Government to act to ensure that the level of reform matches the scale and severity of the rental crisis -particularly given stagnant wage growth, cost of living pressures and the unaffordability of housing.  \nIt is for this reason that beyond the specific issues addressed in this consultation the Greens are urging the NSW Government to act by:  \n● Imposing an urgent two year freeze on rents to immediately relieve the financial stress on on the 2 million renters in NSW.  \n● Reducing and controlling rents by making unlimited rent increases illegal, as well as prioritising people having a place to call home over investor profits.  \n● Massively investing in public, social, and affordable housing to ensure those who are living in poverty, are on low incomes or at risk of homelessness are guaranteed a home.  \n● Ensuring all new private developments include a minimum of 30% public and affordable housing, and that all affordable housing is in perpetuity, as a condition of development consent.  \n● Stopping the privatisation and sell-off of public housing and public land, requiring all developments on public land to be 100% public housing in order to address the public housing ‘waiting list’.3  \n● Addressing the impact of those profiteering from short-term holiday letting and the housing crisis, by empowering local councils to set caps on short-term rentals in line with community need, as well as regulating and taxing the industry as a business and imposing a tax on vacant homes.  \nThe Greens believe that housing is a human right, and that the government has a responsibility to ensure everyone has a safe, secure and affordable place to call home. Renting should be about providing someone with a place to call home, not a way for wealthy investors to make more profit.  \n3 The public housing waiting list in NSW currently has approximately 50 ","cbCaiebUdtaGwPiF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiebUdtaGwPiF","pdf",293762,35,"English","# Introduction\n## Renters in crisis and key concerns\n## Urgent actions urged by the Greens\n# Recommendations\n## Removing “no grounds” terminations\n## A new model for keeping pets","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the Greens NSW submission to the 2023 consultation paper?\",\"answer\":\"To present the Greens NSW position and recommendations on reforming NSW rental laws, responding to issues and questions raised in the consultation paper, and identifying additional rental reform priorities.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the submission say about “no grounds” evictions?\",\"answer\":\"It calls on the NSW Government to end unfair “no grounds” evictions and require landlords to provide valid, limited reasons to end a lease, with prescribed grounds narrowed further and evidence required when termination occurs.\"},{\"question\":\"What rent-related reforms and housing investments does the Greens NSW proposal include?\",\"answer\":\"It urges an urgent two-year rent freeze, making unlimited rent increases illegal with rent reductions and controls, and massively investing in public, social, and affordable housing to guarantee homes for those in poverty or at risk of homelessness.\"}]","The Greens NSW - 329 - Rental law consultation submission 2023 | PDF",1789836238]