Tenants Union Report 1992

'Existing laws fail to provide for controlled and affordable levels of rent, adequate minimum standards of housing and security of tenure,” Penalties for offending landlords or agents , therefore, do not reflect the financial gains that drive investors. Tenants have become increasingly reluctant to object or complain about breaches of the act for fear of being blacklisted as a troublemaker or evicted, says the report, particularly since a database on tenants was established in 1987.