00:00It started with a leaking ceiling, and then the mould set in.
00:06Every day I would get home and go, what's going to be mouldy now?
00:10I'd throw out a pair of shoes today, a handbag tomorrow.
00:13After moving into a hotel while the leak was fixed, she was given two weeks to leave,
00:18only to notice the property was re-advertised after she moved.
00:22It was just devastating.
00:24We put six months of our lives into trying to maintain this property for our landlord
00:30and just to be kicked out with so little notice.
00:36It felt like by the end of it, the estate agents just felt like I was a troublemaker.
00:42Lawyers say such no-fault evictions should be banned in the NT,
00:46and the frequency of rent rises reduced, as in other jurisdictions,
00:50along with similar hardship protections to those available for mortgage stress.
00:54No such hardship provisions apply for tenants.
00:58If a tenant is in financial stress and can't make a full rent payment,
01:02and they eventually fall into 14 days arrears,
01:05then they're going to be out of that tenancy very quickly.
01:08After months spent couch surfing, after a family tragedy,
01:11she inherited enough money to scrape together a deposit and buy a home.
01:15I feel almost guilty for being in this position
01:18when so many other people are struggling to find a home.
01:22Five loved ones had to die,
01:25and I don't see any way it could have happened otherwise.
01:29I've got so many friends who are struggling to find affordable accommodation.
01:36A spokeswoman for NT Housing Minister Steve Edgington
01:39said the government would consider tenancy reform in due course,
01:42but is currently focused on reducing antisocial behaviour at public housing.
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