The authority investigated 549 alleged offences by landlords, owners and agents in 2021-22, and upheld 392, or about 70 per cent with no prosecutions launched during that time.
It also handled around 40,000 disputes between renters and agents or landlords over the past two financial years.
The RTA has not successfully prosecuted a single case or issued any fines for bad behaviour by landlords and agents over the same period.
Am I reading this wrong, or is the RTA basically just sending strongly worded emails and hoping for the best?
Seems if you’re a landlord its best to just rip everyone off and gamble on getting away with it… with zero prosecutions in 2 years the worst that seems to happen is someone asks you politely to do the right thing :-\
One could hope that the reason is that they’ve never actually had a need to (i.e., Landlords/agents have always done the right thing when instructed to by the RTA) but last I checked this wasn’t a fantasy world, so I’d say your assumption is correct.
As much as I despise a few of the Greens policies. Their approach to housing is one that I welcome.
Currently, every single major party is made up of representatives that all have a multitude of investment properties. And most importantly, get rid of negative gearing! Nobody neeeeeds 6+ properties.
This sh1t needs to end. Bring back government built and run middle class housing. Bring back rent to own schemes.
