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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Rafqa Touma

‘If you don’t like it, leave’: renters priced out of their homes as landlords pass on costs of RBA rate hikes

A leased sign on a house
Tenants have spoken of having to move house because of unaffordability as some landlords jack up rents to offset rising mortgage costs. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Tenants who have already seen their rent rise to unaffordable levels in response to interest rate hikes fear they will face further increases, after the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted the cash rate for a fourth consecutive month.

Travis Jordan was living in a three-bedroom townhouse in Brunswick in Melbourne’s north but had to leave after his rent increased by $90 a week and a roommate moved out.

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