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Hi,
I live in a building where we have a tenant claiming to have a chemical sensitivity disability (allergies) who’s basically brought the building to it’s knee’s by raising discrimination complaints with the Australian Human Rights commission whenever the EC try and plan for the future.
These complaints are not raised after decisions to do maintenance works have been made. They’re raised when we plan for future works. i.e we’re not even permitted by this tenant to discuss future works.
On top of the false discrimination complaints the EC is being ordered by this tenant to dictate to the owners and residents how they must live in their own homes.
Two households have been forced to move out by this tenant due to the harassment.
The problem for us is that we can’t afford thousands in lawyers fees to protect our rights and we’re literally stuck waiting for the building to fall apart around us.
It’s already a cesspool of insect vermin because we cannot spray for pests due to the legal threats coming in thick and fast from lawyers and other groups operating on the public purse.
Eventually we’ll have to cough up for lawyers but where do we take this and who do we target?
Do we take on the Human Rights Commission who have unlimited funds for this sort of stuff? They’ll bankrupt us all.
Do we take on the Tenant who has nothing and will probably be supported by the Human Rights Commission anyway?
Needless to say this situation is totally insane.
With the rise of these sorts of conditions among the population this is something that others strata schemes will undoubtedly experience in the future. Unfortunately I suspect that we’re one of the first and there really isn’t a path for us to follow.
Regards,
David