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People in social housing often face hottest conditions and struggle to pay for air conditioning, advocates say

Rental homes with poor energy efficiency are costing their occupants thousands of dollars each year for heating and cooling, a new analysis has found.

Cold weather and rising energy costs, combined with poor-quality housing, have left many renters struggling to keep warm this winter. The Cold and Costly report released this week by Better Renting shows how cold, mouldy homes and high energy bills take a toll on the physical and mental health of…

Typing this with shivering hands.

Tenant advocacy organisation Better Renting finds temperatures inside the homes it tracked dipped below the minimum temperature recommended by the WHO for an average of more than 17 hours a day.

Rentals in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and ACT dropped below 18C more than 80% of the time, report finds

Canberra renters tracked the temperatures of their homes over winter and the results will make you shiver.

A new report has shone a light on the freezing temperatures renters are being subjected to, and the accompanying physical and mental risks.

The ACT government releases a draft bill proposing changes to rental laws, including banning landlords or agents from soliciting rental bids and eviction of a tenant without cause.

A new study of Australian rental properties has shown how cold they get over winter, in an effort to push for better tenancy laws.

As rental advocacy groups call for minimum standards in housing, researchers are finding links between cold homes and the occupants' physical and mental health.