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    Rent due: renting and stress during COVID-19

    Posted by · August 06, 2020 9:33 AM

    In May-June 2020, Better Renting surveyed almost 1000 renters across Australia to ask about their experiences of renting during COVID-19.

    • Over three in five renters (63%) reported losing household income due to the coronavirus crisis.
    • Of renters who lost income, only one in two (50%) asked for a rent reduction.
    • Of renters who lost income, less than one in ten (9%) got a satisfactory rent reduction.
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