South East Queensland Union of Renters

Building tenant power for affordable, safe, and stable housing for all. Visit our website to join the union!

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

Once, while arguing with their landlord over the phone, an admin blurted out "it's not a real job" and their landlord started breathing really heavily and yelling "YES IT IS, YES IT IS"

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

“We’ve been paying this rent increase up until then … I shot that back to my real estate agent and said, ‘hey, I think it is invalid because of this’ and it turned out that they didn’t want to go to VCAT and they just gave me seven months of back pay,” the renter said.

[The Age @theage]

Legal experts estimate thousands of renters could be owed money due to previous invalid rent increases.
https://t.co/ttKkeD3I7t

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

As moronic as responding to negative reviews like this is, it's worth acknowledging BARS Real Estate for their transparency regarding the role of real estate agents: they operate to exploit tenants on behalf of landlords.

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

Full ABC article: https://t.co/QIcAaJwzLR

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

While we get exploited, ripped off, threatened, and blacklisted... they get “cautions."

Despite thousands of complaints from tenants, and hundreds of cases of malpractice by landlords and real estate businesses in the past two years, no one has been prosecuted.

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

The RTA has made it clear that they won’t be coming to our rescue in this crisis. Only we have the ability to make real change happen. And, while it may seem daunting at times, we have power in numbers and solidarity.
Join today at https://t.co/NTYiVJWsQn

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

The fact that a rich landlord can ignore a court’s ruling and refuse to pay his former tenant is yet more proof that the system is rigged in their favour—and the only thing that will work for us is to join together in collective action against those who exploit us.

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

One of our members, a single mum of disabled children, has been ripped off by her former landlord to the sum of $7490.57.
Last week, our union sent him this letter.

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

We publish this letter now with names redacted to announce the beginning of a public campaign against this landlord—until our member is paid what she’s owed, and this ordeal can finally end for her.

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

Our next open hours are on the 21st of June ✊

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

PROTEST: Brisbane Says Housing is a Right, Not a Business!
12pm, April 22
King George Square
More info: https://t.co/hvVn6oWUnt

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

PROTEST: Brisbane Says Housing is a Right, Not a Business!
12pm, April 22
King George Square
More info: https://t.co/hvVn6oWUnt

[Pineapple Crab @AdenGlaven1994]

God what an amazing day. Doorknocking renters in Nambour, asking them about their situation and telling them about @SEQURHomes

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

This is the way things are—and they will continue to be that way until we organise ourselves as a tenant class and fight back collectively.

Unionise with us: https://t.co/UmDdZTDh8A

[Hannah @byehannahwright]

If you want an idea of what the rental market is currently like in Brisbane (a thread)

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

Members doorknocked exploitative student accomodation across the city this weekend.

We're building tenant power by getting organised as a class, in direct struggle against our common enemy: landlords and real estate agents.

Join us: https://t.co/UmDdZTDh8A

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

Members doorknocked exploitative student accomodation across the city this weekend.

We're building tenant power by getting organised as a class, in direct struggle against our common enemy: landlords and real estate agents.

Join us: https://t.co/UmDdZTDh8A

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

SEQ, join your local tenants union: https://t.co/UmDdZTDh8A

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

Don't believe @RayWhiteGroup's bullshit.

The rental crisis has nothing to do with supply and demand. Hundreds of thousands of homes remain empty and available for people to live in.

The issue isn’t a lack of supply, it's a lack of tenant power. (1/10)

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

If you live in South East Queensland, your local tenant union is us (SEQUR): https://t.co/UmDdZTDh8A
(10/10)

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

Don't believe @RayWhiteGroup's bullshit.

The rental crisis has nothing to do with supply and demand. Hundreds of thousands of homes remain empty and available for people to live in.

The issue isn’t a lack of supply, it's a lack of tenant power. (1/10)

[South East Queensland Union of Renters @SEQURHomes]

No landlord, no real estate agent and no politician is going to save us. We have to save ourselves. Join your local tenant union today to help build tenant power. That's how we solve the crisis. (9/10)