LIMIT ON RENTS
PRE-WAR FIGURE APPLICATION IN N.S.W. REGULATIONS ISSUED (Reed. Nov. 29, 2.15 p.m.) CANBERRA. Nov. 29. No dwelling house in New South Wales being let at less than £4 4s a week can now be let at a rent greater than that which was paid on August 31, 1939. Regulations gazetted provide that where the rent has been increased since the war it must immediately be reduced to the pre-war figure. The regulations empower the.tenant to call on the landlord to supply a statutory declaration of rent on August 31, 1939.
No landlord may refuse to let a house because the prospective tenant has a child. It will be an offence to inquire whether the prospective tenant has a child or whether it is intended that the child shall live in the dwelling. The regulations will be applied immediately to New South Wales at the request of the State Government The Federal Government hopes that the new regulations will soon operate throughout Australia.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20627, 1 December 1941, Page 7
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165LIMIT ON RENTS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20627, 1 December 1941, Page 7
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