Hopefully someone will read this post and it may make a difference to one family applying to rent your house. In my work I regularly assist Sudanese new Australian families with their housing needs as part of my role. Often the parents have three or four children and they can be waiting for public housing for up to four years, so they must turn to the private rental market. Because there are a few children, they don't get snapped up as model tenants, but this is crazy because they are no more likely to damage your property than the guy next door.
I'm shocked by the tactics some landlords are getting away with. One family are trying hard not to make waves and get themselves thrown out and paying $520 per fortnight for a 4 bed house without a working cooker and with intermittant hot water. They took out a six month lease 6 months ago and understandably won't renew it because they're still cooking on camping gas stoves they bought themselves.
Imagine how hard it is to apply for housing through REA's or through chasing the papers and phoning, when your English language is still very limited.
If you have a place to rent out, consider contacting one of the migrant resource centres and let them know about it. You may even choose to get to know a new Australian family as they settle in and learn English and make Australia their home.
May I also add that the Girrawheen, Balga, Nollamara areas are good areas in Perth that suit Sudanese families because a lot of their community support agencies are in the area.
I'm shocked by the tactics some landlords are getting away with. One family are trying hard not to make waves and get themselves thrown out and paying $520 per fortnight for a 4 bed house without a working cooker and with intermittant hot water. They took out a six month lease 6 months ago and understandably won't renew it because they're still cooking on camping gas stoves they bought themselves.
Imagine how hard it is to apply for housing through REA's or through chasing the papers and phoning, when your English language is still very limited.
If you have a place to rent out, consider contacting one of the migrant resource centres and let them know about it. You may even choose to get to know a new Australian family as they settle in and learn English and make Australia their home.
May I also add that the Girrawheen, Balga, Nollamara areas are good areas in Perth that suit Sudanese families because a lot of their community support agencies are in the area.