Author(s):
Rosemary Bolger
New plan for Sydney heatwaves calls for minimum rental standards to include cooling
Source(s):
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The Heat Smart Plan, launched today, calls for enforceable minimum thermal standards for rental properties and incentives for landlords to retrofit homes to make them cooler.
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The taskforce suggests measures such as air conditioning, insulation, window coverings, and sealing doors and windows would lower energy bills and improve tenants' health and wellbeing.
According to the 2021 census, nearly one million properties in NSW were rentals - about 32 per cent of the state's dwellings.
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She said renters around the state, especially in Western Sydney where temperatures could be 10 degrees hotter than eastern suburbs, had described the physical impacts such as dehydration and sleepless nights, but also the mental health toll.
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