Vacated Fitzroy tenants see their former apartments relisted for hundreds of dollars more

A block of apartments in Fitzroy, Melbourne, where some tenants vacated after receiving notice last year only to see their apartment relisted at a higher rate by corporate landlords The Apartment Specialists. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

A group of tenants who were forced to leave their Melbourne apartments after living in them for a year say their homes have now been relisted for $180 more a week.

Last year, after 12 months of living in the new build-to-rent apartment building in Fitzroy, one-third of tenants received rent increases or notices to vacate. Now, some tenants who were served eviction notices say they are seeing the apartments relisted for hundreds of dollars more each week.