Government Rental Taskforce

14 May 2024

My question is for the Minister for Consumer Affairs. I have been a renter for some time now. I cannot say I like it very much. I know how difficult renting can be even at the best of times. In my electorate there are a lot of folks like me renting, and as you get closer to the city, there are lots of older rental properties scattered throughout suburbs like Sunshine and Braybrook, some of which are really not in the best condition that they could be. We know that the vast majority of landlords do the right thing by their tenants and ensure that their houses are fit to live in, things like making sure that windows can open, that there is no mould growing anywhere or even just making sure that there is appropriate heating and cooling, especially with winter now on its way. Unfortunately we know that there are rental providers and real estate agents who are not doing the right thing, which is why in March our government established a rental taskforce to investigate and crackdown on landlords and estate agents who are not doing the right thing. My question for the minister is this: how will this rental taskforce deliver for renters in the Laverton electorate?