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Landlords face six-month eviction freeze

John Kehoe
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Residential and commercial landlords will be banned from evicting tenants under financial stress caused by the coronavirus economic downturn for the next six months, federal and state governments have announced.

The national cabinet on Sunday agreed to the moratorium on evictions for tenants, amid concerns the jobless and struggling retailers won't be able to afford full rent.

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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com

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