Calls for a freeze on evictions during coronavirus pandemic

Aerial view, suburb

Aerial view, suburb Source: Unsplash

Labor wants a moratorium on all evictions to help make sure Australian renters don't go without a home during the coronavirus pandemic.


Labor wants a moratorium on all evictions to help make sure Australian renters don't go without a home during the coronavirus pandemic.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese said there also needs to be more government support for landlords to help them cope with rent shortages.

"You can't maintain social distance and maintain your health at a time like this if you don't have somewhere safe and secure to put your head down at night," he told reporters outside his childhood council flat in Sydney on Thursday.

Paul Scutti reported on latest measure by the Government to contain the pandemic and how Australia politics is trying to face the social, health and economic impact of the crisis.

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