At our old place (the one we got kicked out of) the rent was raised $75pw once we moved out (to $325 per week). The house was a crapbox, there was so much work needed doing, so much maintenance never done. We got kicked out for not getting repairs done but there is no way we would have stayed. The only justification is that in said little town people commute to said capital city one hour away because rental in ACT is too high so in our region it was ok because Canberrans could afford the rent. ITMS.