Renters and Housing Union (RAHU) Archives

Issue #2023

The rent is too high!: RAHU speaks truth to power at the Victorian state election

On 2nd September, the Renters and Housing Union (RAHU) launched their state election campaign in Victoria, on the platform that “the rent is too high.”...

Issue #2038

Record rent increases

Last year Australia recorded an overall increase in rents of 10.2 per cent, the biggest-ever rent increase recorded nationally. The cost of rent has risen...

Issue #2113

Homelessness week 2024 – homelessness action now!

As Australia crawled out of the coldest winter recorded for more than five years, Homelessness Australia launched its’ annual Homelessness Week (5-12 August). Each year...

Issue #2095

Renters and Housing Union art for sale

The good people at RAHU, the Renters and Housing Union, have a lot of artists and designers amongst their membership. Since RAHU has bills to...

Issue #2208

Renters win as union fights off 11% rent increase

Members of the Renters and Housing Union (RAHU) in Melbourne’s Thornbury have successfully fought off their landlord’s attempt to increase their rent by 11%, through...

Issue #2176

Community picket prevents unfair eviction

The Renters and Housing Union Western Australia had a short term victory in an ongoing picket of the eviction of a single mother and two...

Issue #2201

RAHU negotiating with ‘mega-landlord’

The Renters and Housing Union (RAHU) is contacting tenants across the country who rent under mega-landlord Edward Dilleen. Dilleen claims to own over 200 properties...