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What can Anika help with?

Anika provides free legal advice and ongoing casework to vulnerable renters who need repairs performed in their rental, need assistance in getting their bond returned or need help with a retaliatory eviction.

What type of cases can
we take?

Repairs

We can help Victorian renters who require urgent or non-urgent repairs in their rental property.

Bond recovery

We can help Victorian renters negotiate the bond amount that is returned at the end of their tenancy.

Retaliatory evictions

We can help Victorian renters who have received a notice to vacate because they stood up for their rental rights, as long as a possession order hasn't been issued yet.

What will we do?

1. Legal advice

We’ll provide legal advice outlining our client’s rights and options

2. Casework

We’ll communicate with their landlord on our client’s behalf, and apply for VCAT if necessary

3. VCAT preparation

We’ll work with our client to prepare them to self-represent at VCAT