Brutal reaction after an Aussie revealed $800 rent increase   :o   
A Melbourne local was expecting to be met with sympathy after being slugged with a huge rent increase, instead they were they deserved it.


News.com.au
March 1, 2024


Adeline Close has gone viral for revealing that their rent has increased by $800 per month, but there’s a bizarre reason people think they deserve it.

We are in the middle of both a rental and housing crisis; therefore, whenever someone shares their rental increase story, it is almost always met with sympathy. Whether you’re a renter, owner or even a landlord, everyone’s been faced with the increased cost of living and inflation.

Despite this, Adeline’s story isn’t garnering a kind response online because they accessed a service that they were perfectly entitled to. They have been renting an apartment that is part of the government’s National Rental Affordability scheme (NRAS).

When they announced on social media that they were now facing a rental increase and their video was viewed by over 300,000 people, it opened them up to extreme judgment.

“Perfect and about time you paid market rates!” one person wrote.

“Stop being a peasant then,” another said.

“Have you ever heard of hustle culture?” someone else asked.


Affordable housing has meant they were able to study.

The scheme has meant Adeline was able to rent in Melbourne’s trendy Brunswick and has been paying $330 weekly for the last two years.


It is almost an unheard-of scenario in 2024, especially considering that Brunswick is littered with hipsters and $25 breakfast options, but it gave Adeline a chance to have a fair go.

The government scheme started in 2008 and was established to provide affordable housing in popular areas for low to middle income earners.

It is now set to end in 2026, and Adeline received a letter informing them that they would now be paying what their haters would call “real” rent.

Adeline’s rent is going up now because the building they are living in has been apart of the scheme now for a decade.

More than 6600 properties across Australia will be scrapped from the scheme.

However, the Victorian government has said it will work with the Commonwealth government, community housing providers and renter advocates with the aim of retaining the rentals currently in the scheme as affordable or social housing.

There is also the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund announced in the 2022/2023 Federal Budget, which will support the construction of 30,000 social and affordable homes over a five-year period.

However, Australians renting through the NRAS scheme who have to vacate these properties in the interim will still be facing a grim housing reality.

Adeline said the fact the scheme it is ending without a direct replacement means the situation for most people is “dire.”

The scheme has helped set them up.


The young worker stresses that for them, the rental increase certainly isn’t welcome, but it isn’t going to leave them in a vulnerable situation. They are considering moving but can handle the rental increase on a month-to-month basis for now.

Still, Adeline only had to speak to their neighbours to know that it is devastating for Aussies who have relied on the scheme and still need it.

“People are in crisis, people with children who are going to end up homeless, it is heartbreaking,” they said.   :(

Adeline also pointed out that the fact the scheme is wrapping up during a rental crisis is poor timing.

When Adeline secured their apartment in 2022, they were living on Centrelink from a regional town and needed to move to the city to study.

Adeline said that without the scheme, they wouldn’t have been able to move in the first place and their dreams of studying would have been dashed.

The fact Adeline was able to find affordable housing has changed the trajectory of their life, and now they are studying acting, Auslan at TAFE and they are also a trainee manager in retail.

They are earning $62,000, which is still considered a middle income, so they are able to stay in their rental and they feel like they are now in a “perfect” position financially.

“I’m going to be okay. I wanted to talk about it because many people aren’t,” they told news.com.au.   :(

Brunswick is a very trendy spot in Melbourne.

Adeline said that the scheme helped to get them on their “feet” and made them feel “lucky” that they were able to access it when they needed

Blame mass immigration: from the Labor party:



Dan Tehan
Insiders
Dan Tehan - Shadow Immigration Minister (3/3/2024)
"1.6 million coming here over 4 years is too many."

https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2405C005S00

Transcript of a small part:

28:40
Question-
What should Australia's migration intake be?


well - I can tell you what it shouldn't be -
it shouldn't be as high as what it is today.

what should it be?

Well obviously we've gotta wait and see and we will announce that
in the lead up to the next election.
we've gotta wait and see what it is under this Government
and then we can work out OK what we need to do -
but I can tell you what's too high -
1.6 million people coming into this country over 4 years -
to give your viewers an idea of that -
that is the population of the city of Adelaide.
when we have a housing crisis -
when we have a rental crisis -
when people can't get in to see a doctor -
when we're seeing cuts in our infrastructure -
so the roads aren't being built  to deal with that population -
that is too high -
I went to the press club not long after the last election
and said that what we need is a proper plan when it comes to immigration
and set out what that should look like.

Bobby. wrote on Mar 9^th, 2024 at 5:15am:

Blame mass immigration: from the Labor party...

Not necessarily...

Under Scott Morrison, immigrant numbers first peaked at 618,300 in March 2020.
In June last year (2023) under Labor, numbers peaked at 737,170.  Labor's higher
numbers are accounted for by the post-COVID influx of migrants after June 2021.

Bobby. wrote on Mar 9^th, 2024 at 5:15am:

Blame mass immigration: from the Labor party:

that's why you'll always be an idiot

$330 a week is unbelievably low. Maybe the increase just brought it in line with current market  levels.

Frances wrote on Mar 9^th, 2024 at 1:09pm:

$330 a week is unbelievably low. Maybe the increase just brought it in line with current market  levels.

   Yes.

The current house rental in Brunswick is $720 per week.

Poor little Adeline doesn't know how well off she's been
for the past two years.

AusGeoff wrote on Mar 9^th, 2024 at 12:51pm:

Bobby. wrote on Mar 9th, 2024 at 5:15am: Blame mass immigration: from the Labor party... Not necessarily... Under Scott Morrison, immigrant numbers first peaked at 618,300 in March 2020. In June last year (2023) under Labor, numbers peaked at 737,170.  Labor's higher numbers are accounted for by the post-COVID influx of migrants after June 2021.

But Dan Tehan - the Shadow Immigration Minister - doesn't agree.

Ha! I remember paying $180 in Brunswick West.

Comparing annual migration numbers from 2019 to the present makes no sense, as the figures are distorted by the effects and after effects of the Covid pandemic.

Frances wrote on Mar 9^th, 2024 at 8:41pm:

Comparing annual migration numbers from 2019 to the present makes no sense, as the figures are distorted by the effects and after effects of the Covid pandemic.

The end result is the same -

mass immigration when there is not enough housing.

I've raised my rent from $800pw to $2000pw
If you don't like it, there are plenty more 'desperate' people around who will pay it.

As they now say - that's Capitalism!  ;)