Jordan van den Berg: The 'Robin Hood' TikToker taking on Australian landlords - BBC News

Jordan van den Berg's vigilante-style approach has won him fans and critics amid a housing crisis.

16 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Jordan van den BergImage caption, Jordan van den Berg's advocacy started as a joke on TikTokBy Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, SydneyThree years ago, lawyer Jordan van den Berg was an obscure TikTok creator who made videos that mocked real estate agents.

But today the 28-year-old is one of the most high-profile activists in Australia.

Posting under the moniker Purple Pingers, Mr van den Berg has been taking on the nation's housing crisis by highlighting shocking renting conditions, poor behaviour from landlords, and what he calls government failures.

It is his vigilante-style approach - which includes helping people find vacant homes to squat in, and exposing bad rentals in a public database - that has won over a legion of fans.

Some have dubbed him the Robin Hood of renters.

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