‘He wants to give it to someone else’: rent rises leaving a toll on regional NSW

Exclusive: Regions bear the brunt of triple-digit rent increases as waves of tree-changers rush into communities

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In July last year, Anna's* real estate agent called to say that her landlord had decided to sell the house in Bega, in the state's south, where she and her partner had lived for the past two years.

The deadline to move out - a few months later in September - came well before her lease was due to expire, but under New South Wales' no grounds" eviction rules she and her partner had no choice but to move out.