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Anika Legal examined 64 Victorian renters who received a Notice to Vacate within six months of exercising or proposing to exercise their rental rights. Victorian renters are still receiving eviction notices after asserting basic rights despite the state’s ban on no-grounds evictions, a new report claims. Anika Legal examined 64 instances where renters received a Notice to Vacate within six months of exercising, or proposing to exercise, their rental rights. It assessed 57 per cent of the notices as invalid. Among cases where the eviction outcome had been resolved, 79 per cent ended with the renter vacating. RELATED: Ex-mayor Darryn Lyons offloads waterfront villa Chris and Lauren Tarrant’s Toorak mansion revealed New milestone for Myer family’s $105m Toorak mansion Of the 64 renters, 43 had requested repairs before receiving a notice. Among the renters surveyed, 85 per cent of those who had sought repairs said the work was still incomplete when they left. Victoria now requires rental providers to give a valid reason to end a tenancy, limited to the tenant being behind on their rent, the landlord wishing to sell or move into the home or the end of a fixed-term agreement being reache...

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