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About This Case
Landlords must provide housing which is safe and secure. However, Aboriginal tenants in public housing across remote areas of WA are provided houses with serious and ongoing issues, despite paying significant amounts of rent.
In mid-2023 and early 2024, Slater and Gordon visited several remote Aboriginal communities in WA to meet with tenants. Key issues reported by tenants include:
unsafe drinking water; inadequate cooling and insulation; holes in roofs; missing doors and door locks; broken basic facilities, like showers and stoves; failing to carry out important repairs to ensure housing is safe; taking too long to conduct repairs.
These conditions are unacceptable, and compromise the safety, security and comfort of residents.
Source: Slater and Gordon
Who May Be Eligible
The class action includes any Australian Aboriginal persons who, from 1 July 2010 to 1 December 2025, have held a tenancy agreement with the Western Australian Housing Authority or the State of Western Australia to lease a property located in one of the following regions of WA: East Kimberley West Kimberley Pilbara Wheatbelt Mid-West Gascoyne Goldfields-Esperance The class action includes Aboriginal tenants' living in public housing living in remote towns like Broome, Derby, Kununurra and Exmouth. Eligible family members and legal representatives will have the opportunity to register to receive compensation on behalf of deceased tenants, who are also included in the claim.
Source: Slater and Gordon
How to Register
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Source: Slater and Gordon
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