VCAT Hears Claims by Lifestyle Communities Residents on Exit Fees

VCAT Hears Claims by Lifestyle Communities Residents on Exit Fees

In July last year, the ABC’s 7.30 program reported on Lifestyle Wollert resident Geoff Gauci, who described his investment in the land lease community as “a financial prison”. The show also reported 80 residents at the land lease community, 26km north of Melbourne’s CBD, had gone to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). The residents are alleging their contracts are unfair and challenging the legality of the exit in light of a …