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Renters in casual work during COVID-19 need more help to stay at home in lockdowns, tenant groups warn – Domain News
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, as Melbourne’s outbreak shows, even if JobKeeper has ended. After many spent their savings to get through 2020, what’s next?…
Renters in casual work are likely to have exhausted their savings and need more support to stay at home through coronavirus outbreaks, tenant and landlord groups warn.
Melbournes lockdown this week is the first substantial COVID-19 outbreak since the end of JobKeeper, the reduction in JobSeeker and the expiry of state-based eviction moratoriums. Although the Victorian government has offered a business support package, it does not target workers.
But with future outbreaks possible anywhere around…
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