Submission on the impacts of no-grounds eviction

My submission is based on a selection of excerpts from interviews with 30 private renters in New South Wales who are facing eviction or who have been evicted. The interviews were conducted in 2023 and 2024 as part of an Australian Research Council project titled 'Eviction: How p1ivate renters lose their homes and the consequences' (DP230100566). I am the lead Chief Investigator. All of the interviewees felt that no­-grounds eviction disempowered them, was unfair and gave the landlord tremendous power. Tenants interviewed were aware that if the landlord followed the procedures required with respect to the notice period, there was no way of fighting a no-grounds eviction and that even if they decided to contest it at NCAT and were successful, the reprieve was invariably temporary.