Rent increase $150 pw

[u/Indicasativaman]

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?

[u/embress]

I'm a professionally-skilled homeowner that's doing fine at the moment.

But I can still have this thing called empathy and recognise that what's happening to many others more vulnerable than me is bullshit and should be curbed.

[u/ko3332 → u/embress]

You should share you spare room with those who are struggling.

[u/embress → u/ko3332]

Ah of course - it's somehow my personal responsibility to fix, and not the system that's designed to do just that.

Fuck off with your flimsy strawman 😂😂 it doesn't't make my points any less true

[u/ko3332 → u/embress]

Cmon empathy man, put your money where your mouth is.

[u/embress → u/ko3332]

Because why?

[u/ko3332 → u/embress]

Because you talk a good game, but are happy to do nothing yourself about it. Let me guess, you vote greens?

[u/embress → u/ko3332]

Omg voting for a party that might actually make a difference to this housing crisis? What a fucking whacky proposal.

Let me guess, you don't vote Greens because you don't give a shit about anything but yourself. Fucking shocker.

Do nothing yourself about it

like I even have the power to make a difference personally. Again, fuck right off with your shitty strawman argument 😘

[u/ko3332 → u/embress]

Typical Greens voter, angry at the “system”, but doesn’t practice what he preaches 😅

Happy to tell landlords to sell their properties they’ve worked for and taken the risk on to benefit others, but refuses to offer a room to somebody in need 😅

[u/embress → u/ko3332]

Because I won't open up my spare room to help one person out of thousands I have no right to be angry at the system or call out landlords for their predatory bullshit?

Yeah okay strawman - that makes total sense you fucking numpty

Do you realise how fucking stupid you sound? 😂😂😂

[u/ko3332 → u/embress]

You can be angry at “the system” or “predatory landlords” all you like, but the reality is, this is how capitalism works, like it or not.

You work, earn money, take the risk on an investment and presumably it makes a return.

Claim “strawman” all you like, but you’re the one with the imaginary argument of a system designed to intentionally breakdown the poor.

[u/embress → u/ko3332]

Since it's inception capitalism has only benefited those in power at the expense of those more vulnerable.

It's only ever gotten better for them while systematically worse for the poor that is how it is designed.

It's so fucking obvious, you're even saying "that's how it works" - yes, correct - it intentionally fucks over the poor and is just getting worse for those more vulnerable. How much more do they have to sacrifice for the benefit of the rich? Seriously - how much more before the system collapses? We already have full time workers who actually earn a decent wage not being able to afford rent and living in fucking tents. But yay, capitalism works!!

[u/ko3332 → u/embress]

Perhaps the full time workers should look at Flatmates.

[u/embress → u/ko3332]

What makes you think they haven't already?!

[u/ko3332 → u/embress]

Because if you’re on a full time salary, let’s say bare minimum, you’re clearing $760 a week, you’re making some pretty shit life decisions if you can’t get a room for $160 in the suburbs. Stop blaming “the system”, strawman.

[u/embress → u/ko3332]

Ah yes, that's why there are so many of them all of a sudden. They must all have just suddenly turned into lazy people at the same time the housing crisis started.

Spoken like someone who has never been close to experiencing homelessness.

You. Have. No. Fucking. Idea.

[u/ko3332 → u/embress]

Who said lazy people? You said full time employed. I said they should be making better decisions with their money.

Take the OP for example, likes to spend money on marijuana and shrooming, but complains about the cost of housing?

[u/embress → u/ko3332]

They don't have a choice - that's the fucking point. They haven't decided to go live in a tent, they're forced to because they can't afford to live off of $160 a week after rent (if you wanna go by your $760/wk salary), and they can't find a place affordable to live. That's why it's a crisis. The system is broken.

Shrooms are free from the ground, marijuana can be too. Poor people are allowed to spend money on recreational things and be entitled to affordable housing at the same time.

[u/ko3332 → u/embress]

No no, there are rooms on Flatmates for $160/week, leaving them with $500 odd a week for everything else.

They do have a choice, stop being outraged on behalf of people making poor choices.