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• Kez and Sammy, aged 67 and 84, might be compelled to leave their house.
• It arises because the tenant owes them more than $7,000 in unpaid rent.

A cancerA patient and her elderly husband might be compelled to leave their home if their tenant took legal action against them, even though the tenant owes them thousands of dollars in unpaid rent.

The pair, 67 and 84 years old, might soon be forced to leave their home inMelbournethe inner north following the tenant’s request for an intervention order against them, to be decided next month.

Kez and Sammy (using pseudonyms because of the restraining order) first requested the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) to remove the tenant after she owed them over $7,100 in unpaid rent from October 2025.

They have leased the guest house at the back of their house for over ten years.

Although the VCAT decision allowed the tenant to remain until February 3 before an eviction notice could be issued, an appeal hearing provided the tenant with over two years to settle the unpaid rent, along with an additional two weeks of free housing.

The decision by VCAT deputy president Kylea Campana allows the couple to seek a new eviction order if the tenant does not adhere to the payment schedule.

Kez, who requires continuous medical treatment and operations due to multiple aggressive, recurring skin cancers, mentioned that the experience has significantly impacted their ‘health, financial stability, and feeling of security’ within their own home.

“Every new advancement seems like another hit, and the overall pressure is increasingly difficult to manage,” Kez said.

We are only a few meters away from the tenant, so there’s no way to escape the tension or the fear.

The tenant has also recently issued an intervention order against Kez, claiming incidents that did not take place.

The ruling might compel them to leave their home if it is fully implemented when presented to the court.

Kez mentioned that she and her husband, who has significant heart issues, depend on the $450 weekly rent from the granny flat to cover their expenses.

The pair have recently started aGoFundMeto assist in covering their continuous legal expenses.

“Since the VCAT ruling, the circumstances have turned alarming,” she stated.

We are currently receiving a continuous flow of emails that are demanding, disrespectful, embarrassing, and intimidating — instructing us to ‘fix this,’ ‘store that,’ unilaterally altering lease conditions, and warning that they will return us to VCAT if we don’t comply.

The tenant is currently benefiting from repeated violations of our agreement and fundamental tenancy responsibilities, without facing any repercussions, while we are forced to deal with the consequences.

It is thought that the tenant, following the VCAT hearings, has finally paid rent for the first time since September.

Chair of the Property Investors Council of Australia, Ben Kingsley, stated to the Herald Sun that Victoria is witnessing an increasing number of problematic tenants employing ‘every trick in the book’ to remain in their rental homes.

“And the government has been backing them with additional rental changes that significantly limit the owners’ ability to manage their property,” he stated.

But the truth is, despite all these changes, the unexpected result is that there are more conflicts being observed.

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