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[Jimmy-T]

Tenants’ representatives have welcomed the new renters’ protections passed into law in NSW this week- but they say more needs to be done.

[See the full post at: Pro-tenant, pro-pet laws pass NSW parliament]

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[The King]

Is the end of the fixed term lease a valid reason to terminate?

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[TrulEConcerned]

The reforms regarding pets seem to be written by renters or by single dwelling residents (or owners).

Surely to get such reforms more broadly accepted by everyone, there should be two sets of bonds payable by renters:

For a tenancy without a pet, say, 4 weeks’ rent and

For a tenancy with pet, say, 7 weeks’ rent

After all:

1. Pets  can and do damage property and in such an event, even without a tenant damaging property or defaulting on rent, a 4 week bond will evaporate quick as a wink; and
2. Why would a rational landlord that is forced to accept the same bond from a pet owning potential tenant when a non pet owning potential tenant has to pony the exact same (current) 4 week bond?

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