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In Darwin’s booming property market, rents are rising while vacancy rates tumble
Talitha Porter wasn’t looking for anything special: a pet-friendly, two or three-bedroom house near the Palmerston suburb of Moulden where she’d been a tenant for three years.
Key points:
- The ABC has spoken with numerous people who have been asked to vacate rental properties so owners can sell
- Many say they are struggling to find new rentals in a competitive market, and fear they could become homeless
- A tenancy lawyer is calling on the government to provide better legislative protections for renters
But when she set out in the Top End rental market to find a new home before her lease ends — and the home-owner can sell — on March 11, the 23-year-old soon began to question her chances.
Dozens of people were crowding into inspections for…
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