Bikram Gurung moved to Australia three and a half years ago from Nepal.
He originally lived in Melbourne but under his 458 visa conditions, he had to relocate to a regional area.
So he moved to Hobart but found the rental increase shocking.
"Yeah in Tasmania, is too expensive … it’s nearly double than Melbourne."
Ben Bartl is a lawyer with the tenants’ union of Tasmania.
He says people from overseas make up about 20 per cent of their clients.
"And a lot of those tenants are in very substandard housing, they feel they have no option but to accept properties that are provided to them, because there is a significant lack of affordable properties."
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