The national government recently unveiled a plan that apparently leaves residential tenants aside, according to some market observers.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a new code of conduct that will provide waivers and rent deferrals to tenants affected by the COVID-19 epidemic. However, this only covers commercial tenants.
"The problems we have worked on as a national cabinet have been to resolve trade problems, as they have a wider national economic impact," he said in a recent update. hurry.
Residential rentals, said Morrison, will be dealt with directly by the state and territory jurisdictions.
"We have a moratorium on evictions, then individual measures beyond what they believe to be better dealt with in each jurisdiction," he said.
Adrian Kelly, President of the Real Estate Institute of Australia, said this could lead to Australians being treated differently depending on where they live.
"This will add to the confusion and most likely there will be a misinterpretation of the messages," he said. "I am disappointed that a uniform approach could not be agreed for all Australians."
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Responding to Morrison's remark about the commercial sector having a broad economic impact, Kelly stated that COVID-19 also has an impact on residential rentals.
"For the residential, it is a social as well as an economic impact – after all, we all live in dwellings and we do not all own or rent commercial properties," said Kelly.
Damian Collins, president of the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia, urged the state government to relieve residential tenants.
Collins said that a lack of proper support from the state government could impact 250,000 rental properties in Western Australia.
"We need to see an emergency rent relief for tenants who lose their jobs because of the coronavirus, to allow them to continue paying their rent for the next six months," he said. said.
Collins said that most rental property owners are mom and dad investors, who depend on rents to pay their mortgages.
"Most landlords are already ready to help tenants who are in dire financial strains because of the coronavirus, but the burden should not fall entirely on the landlord," he said.
In a recent television interview with ABC News, Minister of Housing Michael Sukkar encouraged tenants with financial capacity to continue paying their rent.
"Unless you have an arrangement with your landlord that takes into account your financial situation, you are required to pay your rent. The moratorium applies to ensure that people are not left without housing, "he said.
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