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# ‘Climate of fear’ for renters
- URL: https://redflag.org.au/article/node-5692/
- Published: 2017-02-20T01:58:11.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-07T05:41:54.000Z
- Author: Jess Lenehan
- Tags: #Import 2025-10-13 13:37

A fear of rent rises, evictions and blacklisting is stopping tenants asking for repairs or raising complaints, according to a new survey by CHOICE, the National Association of Tenants’ Organisations and National Shelter.

The survey revealed that there is a “climate of fear” among renters. Tenants are right to be nervous. According to the survey, one in ten copped a rent increase immediately after asking for a repair. Some are evicted for making reasonable complaints. “I was once told when I signed a lease that the landlord would be leaving the house as it is otherwise the rent would be put up”, one survey respondent said.

The report, *Unsettled: Life in Australia’s private rental market*, also detailed the insecurity of renting in Australia. Only 6 percent of renters are on a lease of six years or more, and more than 60 percent have a fixed term lease for one year or less.