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MALTESE tenants are finding it increasingly difficult to find rental accommodation due to their nationality, a MaltaTo- day investigation has found. Several Maltese tenants have voiced their frustration with this newspaper at the fact that they are being re- fused accommodation sim- ply because they are Maltese. Among the most vocal was Aron, who shared his sto- ry with MaltaToday shortly after he started looking for a new place to live. Having lived in cities across Europe, Aron was forced to look for a new home after his landlord decided to knock down his block of flats and replace it with a boutique hotel. As he started house hunt- ing, Aron quickly realised that Malta's rental pric- es are significantly higher than they were four years ago when he had found his current residence. But his biggest surprise was still to come. He noticed that his Maltese nationality seemed to be an issue for some land- lords. It is a story shared by other Maltese tenants, who spoke to us on condition of ano- nymity. Some were even told outright by potential land- lords that they do not accept Maltese tenants. While Aron was speaking with MaltaToday, he got a call from a real estate agent and took the opportunity to ask them why being Maltese was an issue for some land- lords. He put the phone on speaker for the journalist to hear the conversation with- out the agent knowing. FROM GREAT RENTALS TO SMART INVESTMENTS YOUR GUIDE TO THE BEST IN LETTING, ALL IN ONE MAGAZINE YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2025 • ISSUE 1351 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Shadow Cabinet maltatoday Plastic filter Opinion Study finds dead seaweed washed ashore acts as filter for plastics JP Fabri on the budget's balancing act PAGES 7 €2.20 MATTHEW FARRUGIA mfarrugia@mediatoday.com.mt PAGE 4 Alex Alex Borg to appoint Borg to appoint shadow Cabinet shadow Cabinet after asserting after asserting internal control internal control PAGE 15 CONTINUES ON PAGE 6 CONTINUES ON PAGES 2-3 Hamrun Spartans squad valued at €4.8m MALTA'S reigning football champions Hamrun Spartans has a squad value of around €4.8 million, club CEO Marcel Bonnici has confirmed in an interview with MaltaToday. THE amount based on the value of the players signed up with the club may be the highest in the domestic league but pales into insignificance at European level. And yet, Hamrun this year have managed the historic feat of being the first Maltese club to make it to the league stage of a European com- petition. KARL AZZOPARDI kazzopardi@mediatoday.com.mt Denied rental housing because they are Maltese Maltese tenants are finding it difficult to rent in Malta (File Photo)