Sigh. The problem with the ‘can’t reject you for having pets’ thing is that of course landlords can reject you for having pets – they just find another reason. In NSW’s case, they’ll find reasons why the property ‘isn’t suitable’.

Renters need actual protections. Long term leases. Rent freezes. The ability to treat their property like a home and not someone’s investments. Long term security.

The housing affordability crisis is not going to be solved anytime soon because governments don’t want to solve it. And so, in the mean time, governments need to look at making rentals a feasible long term option for people. We’re locking a generation out of home ownership. The least we can do is created a rental situation which gives people a home for life if they want it, with pricing security.