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What if I discover mould after I move into a rental property? What are my rights?

  • Written by: Rebecca Bentley, Professor of Social Epidemiology and Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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A startling number of Australian rental homes come with an unwanted housemate: mould.

If you discover mould in a rented home, who is responsible and what can you do if the landlord seems unwilling to fix it?


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