As rental accommodation become scarcer, tenants are at the mercy of some ruthless landlords.
O se tasi na feagai ma lenei faaitauli i Sini o le tamaitai o Devaki Monani.
Na ia ta'ua e tasi le fale ae toa 15 ma ona tupu tagata o loo tauva e nonofo mautotogi ai.
MONANI
"When the time came to start a family, we were like, 'Oh, my God, who is really going to give us a place?' And we went to all these inspections, and there were like 15 people rocking up for one apartment."
Na ia faaalia foi e iai ma faiga faailoga lanu e atili faigata ai i tagata e pei o ia ona maua fale mau totogi....
MONANI
"In terms of people not wanting to give their places to Indians, because here's a real fear that a lot of Indians -- or us -- we might ruin the place by cooking curry or whatever."
O le suesuega na faia e f/toga, le Choice, National Shelter ma le National Association of Tenant Organisations ma na iloa ai, ona o le utiuti o fale i le maketi e faatatau i le aofa'i o tagata o loo mana'omia nofoaga e mautotogi ai, o le pule ma le malosi atoa o loo i aao o tagata e ona fale....e pei ona ta'ua e le faatonu o le National Shelters, Adrian Pisarski.
PISARSKI
"There is a real definite and very significant power imbalance between tenants and landlords, and, unfortunately, landlords have the whip hand (power) when it comes to tenancy law."
O le toatele o loo nonofo i fale mautotogi e le fia soona finau i le tagata e ona le fale i mea e tatau ona faaleleia.
O le faasea poo le finau e faafou pe sui se mea o leaga o le fale, e ono iu ai ina tuli 'ese e le tagata e ona le fale....
