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‘Free house’: Renter advocate and social media star encourages struggling Aussies to become squatters

Press coverage 10 April 2024 Summary of published coverage
‘Free house’: Renter advocate and social media star encourages struggling Aussies to become squatters

Renter advocate Jordan van den Berg drew criticism after urging people struggling to find housing to occupy vacant homes, saying he had received more than 300 submissions identifying empty properties. His appearance on The Project prompted heated debate online, against a backdrop of a national rental vacancy rate near 1 per cent and rental growth averaging 9.1 per cent a year over three years.

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