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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Caitlin Cassidy

‘Don’t Rent Me’: the online tenants’ group for swapping horror stories, advice and frustrations

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Fallan Ziebel said despite record low vacancy rates and sharply increasing rents, tenants still lacked a grasp on their rights. Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/AAP

They call it “Don’t Rent Me” – a social media group established during the pandemic as a safe space for unloading “horror” rental stories, and swapping advice to tackle dodgy agents and landlords.

In just shy of two-and-a-half years, it has amassed 41,000 members.

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