Victorian real estate agency under fire for encouraging renters to donate $300 electricity rebate to the homeless

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A Victorian real estate agency has been called “tone-deaf” for encouraging people to donate their electricity rebates to homelessness causes when many Australians are struggling with the rising cost of rent. Customers of Woodards Real Estate posted a copy of the email to social media and called it a “slap in the face”.

au the idea of donating the electricity rebate was not her own, but that of Vinnes, which posted a campaign called “power up” online, encouraging people to donate the $300 if they were in a position to do so. Steel said she sent the donation request email to all her contacts, as was common practice for people participating in the CEO Sleepout. “If I have offended anyone, my sincere apologies.

 

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