‘I was livid’: Sydney single mother pressured by landlord to leave rental just nine months into lease

Fiona was pressured by the landlord to move out of her Sydney apartment three months before her lease was due to end. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian

A Sydney landlord put pressure on a single mother to leave her rental home after just nine months, eventually relisting the property at $300 more a week when the tenant’s lease expired.

Fiona*, who has two children, last year rented a two-bedroom apartment in Arncliffe for $690 a week through agency Century 21.