No stoves, no cooking: Company fined $1.5m over ‘unconscionable’ breaches affecting aged tenants
Ingenia Gardens has been fined $1.5 million for failing to provide adequate cooking facilities for elderly tenants in Victoria. The company will also install cooktops in affected units and compensate renters and advocacy groups. Authorities emphasized the importance of compliance with minimum rental standards, particularly for vulnerable populations.
- ▪Ingenia Gardens did not install cooktops in some of its rental units, preventing elderly residents from cooking.
- ▪The company will pay $1.5 million, which will be divided among Consumer Affairs Victoria, affected renters, and an advocacy group.
- ▪Consumer Affairs Victoria found that 35 units lacked the required two-burner stove tops, constituting a breach of rental standards.
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