{"id":2247,"date":"2017-11-18T21:41:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T11:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theveterinarian.com.au\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2017-11-23T21:49:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T11:49:53","slug":"tenancy-reforms-receive-a-warm-vet-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theveterinarian.com.au\/?p=2247","title":{"rendered":"Tenancy reforms receive a warm vet welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) welcomed the Victorian Government\u2019s recent announcement that it will make renting fairer, ending discrimination against renters with pets.\r\n\r\nPaula Parker, president of the AVA, said the body had been contributed to the Government\u2019s review, and had advocated for more pet-friendly accommodation.\r\n\r\n\u201cThere needs to be enough appropriate pet\u00adfriendly options to accommodate those with pets, and those wanting to keep a pet in the future,\u201d Parker said.\r\n\r\n\u201cOur research has revealed that while 62 per cent of Australians are pet owners, an analysis of over 25,000 homes recently listed for rent across Australia showed that only 19 per cent were willing to take pets. In some regions, such as the Melbourne CBD, this was as low as one per cent,\u201d she said.\r\n\r\nPolicies which make it difficult for pet owners to find housing is a key factor in forcing the surrender of pets to animal welfare shelters, contributing to unnecessary shelter euthanasia statistics, Parker said.\r\n\r\n\u201cIn Europe, Canada, United Kingdom and the USA, keeping pets in strata and rental accommodation is common practice and we would like this to be the case in Australia.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe AVA said it looked forward to the implementation of reforms, and will continue to work with governments across Australia for more adequate, pet-friendly housing.\r\n\r\nYou can read the AVA\u2019s submission into the review of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997<\/em> here<\/a>.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) welcomed the Victorian Government\u2019s recent announcement that it will make renting fairer, ending discrimination against renters with pets. Paula Parker, president of the AVA, said the body had been contributed to the Government\u2019s review, and had advocated for more pet-friendly accommodation. \u201cThere needs to be enough appropriate pet\u00adfriendly options to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[578,113,1805,168,1807,1806],"class_list":["post-2247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ava","tag-news-2","tag-paula-parker","tag-pets","tag-residents","tag-victorian-government"],"rise-blocks_total_comments":0,"rise-blocks_categories":[{"term_id":5,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":402,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":5,"category_count":402,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"rise-blocks_excerpt":"The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) welcomed the Victorian Government\u2019s recent announcement that it will make renting fairer, ending discrimination against renters with pets. 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