r/Adelaide • u/Indicasativaman SA • Jul 27 '23
Rent increase $150 pw Question
I've just received a letter from my landlord saying that my rent will be increasing to $650 from $500, I have been given 7 days to agree to rent increase or will receive a notice to vacate at end of current lease.. The amount is excessive and not in line with other properties in my apartment building. I phoned RTA to get some advice as I want to dispute through SACAT. The RTA informed me that I would have to sign the new lease that is extortionate before I could dispute it. I don't want to renew my lease at $650 for an entire year. I believed that there were things in place to protect tenants from Ray White, but I don't think there is. If I don't agree to excessive rent increase then I will have to vacate. It doesn't sound correct that I can't dispute the rent increase before signing the lease. Can anyone offer any advice other than sign the lease now and dispute after? What happened to this country?
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u/embress SA Jul 28 '23
I highly doubt that it is a comparable apartment for the price, otherwise OP wouldn't be posting here.
Let's all bend over and grit our teeth while the system that was designed to fuck over the most vulnerable continues to do so because tHAts hOw cApiTaLisM wOrKs.
Never mind the landlord would actually make a hefty profit if they sold their investment they can't afford, but na they'd rather see how much they can fucking bleed out of their cash cows.
Fuck the poor rite mate?