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"This week the New South Wales government announced it would introduce
legislation that ensures renters are offered convenient, fee-free options to
pay their rent.
The announcement is just one of many state and territory reforms that aim to
address issues arising from the use of rental technology platforms.
In recent years these platforms and the landlords who use them have come under
fire for intruding on renters’ privacy and charging additional fees. While
practices such as “rent bidding” have already been outlawed around Australia,
governments are now starting to turn their attention to other harmful practices
facilitated by new technologies.
Action on these issues is long overdue, and there’s much more that needs to be
done to ensure rental technology platforms actually benefit consumers."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
