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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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