Senate Bill 414 aims to protect renters from landlords

Australia’s heatwaves are getting deadlier – and renters are paying the price

Some are trapped in a vicious cycle: rising rents, rising energy bills and falling standards. But this is not inevitable Australians are struggling through one of the most brutal heatwaves and hottest summers on record. Day after day, temperatures into the high 30s are turning homes into ovens, workplaces into hazards, and everyday tasks into endurance tests.All of us are feeling it. But spare a thought for the millions of renters trying to surv…

Senate Bill 414 aims to protect renters from landlords

Georgia Senate Minority Whip Kim Jackson (D-Stone Mountain) recently introduced a bipartisan bill, Senate Bill 414, to add further protections for renters against landlords who might seek to hide important details of a rental agreement. Georgia Senate Minority Whip Kim Jackson (D-Stone Mountain). Photo submitted by Jackson’s office The bill, which is co-sponsored by Republican State Senator Russ Goodman, can be seen as an amendment to the Fair …