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Apartments surveyed found to be above safe level on average nine hours a day as tenants cut back on cooling to save on energy bills
Despite the cooler summer, renters are sweltering through temperatures as hot as 40C in their homes, new research has revealed, with advocates saying the cost-of-living crisis is forcing people to live in unhealthy conditions.
Tenant advocacy organisation Better Renting tracked the temperatures in 77 rentals across Australia between December 2022 and February this year and found that for nine hours a day they were above a safe level on average. Four jurisdictions recorded indoor temperatures above 40C.
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