‘My apartment is literally baking’: calls for minimum standards to keep Australia’s rental homes cool
by Benita Kolovos from on (#5VM94)
People are sweltering in poorly insulated rentals, getting sick and sometimes even dying', social services advocate says
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As temperatures soared last week, Cass Willcocks's rental apartment in inner Melbourne quickly became unliveable".
It's gotten to the point where the tiles in my kitchen are hot, I try to put moisturiser on and it's hot. Everything in my apartment is literally baking and I feel like I'm suffocating," she said.
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