#renting — Public Fediverse posts

RentTech companies still asking tenants for personal details ‘completely outside’ new Victorian laws https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/10/renttech-tenants-personal-information-privacy-victorian-laws #Renting #ConsumerAffairs #Housing #Business #Technology #AustraliaNews

RentTech companies still asking tenants for personal details ‘completely outside’ new Victorian laws
By Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter

Some rental platforms encourage hopeful tenants to share ‘excessive’ amount of information, Consumer Policy Research Centre review finds

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/10/renttech-tenants-personal-information-privacy-victorian-laws

#Renting #Consumeraffairs #Housing #Business #Technology #Australianews #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter

‘Forced out with nowhere to go’: First Nations families face eviction as council sells homes over charity’s unpaid rates
By Douglas Smith

Mount Isa city council to auction off first of 24 homes after Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Welfare Services accrues almost $1m in unpaid debts

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/08/first-nations-families-face-eviction-as-mount-isa-council-sells-homes-ntwnfb

#IndigenousAustralians #Queensland #Australianews #Housing #Renting #LidiaThorpe #RuralandregionalAustralia #TheGuardian #DouglasSmith

‘Forced out with nowhere to go’: First Nations families face eviction as council sells homes over charity’s unpaid rates https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/08/first-nations-families-face-eviction-as-mount-isa-council-sells-homes-ntwnfb #IndigenousAustralians #Queensland #AustraliaNews #Housing #Renting #LidiaThorpe #RuralAndRegionalAustralia