Today a broad group of community-based organisations launched the Make Renting Fair in Queensland campaign for progressive tenancy law reforms. They’re calling for you to support their seven point plan. Follow Make Renting Fair in Qld Facebook and Twitter
- Give people the right to stay in their rental homes and prevent unfair evictions by
- Removing ‘no reason’ evictions
- Enforcing ‘just cause’ reasons to support eviction notices
- Keep rents fair to keep people in their homes by
- – Limiting rent increases to once a year
- – Justifying rent increases more than 20% above CPI
- Make it easier for people who rent to get their bond money back when moving by
- Automatically returning bonds to the tenants unless disputed by the lessor
- Make sure that people who rent their homes are treated fairly and with honesty by
- Providing full disclosure to renters of material that might affect a tenancy before they enter into an agreement and allowing renters to terminate in cases of material misrepresentation
- Keep people together with their pets in their rental homes by
- Allowing tenants pets in rental properties unless the lessor proves a good reason not to.
- Enforce basic standards for rental homes by
- Undertaking periodic third party inspections
- Introducing transparency between tenancies regarding repair, maintenance and orders of the tribunal.
- Protect people’s privacy by making sure that they have fair warning before someone enters their home by
- Increasing all 24-hour entry notice periods to 48 hours.
The State Government’s Open Doors to Rent Reform public consultation continues until November 30. We encourage you to make use of the The Make Renting Fair in Qld website for inspiration in making your comments and submissions to government. The Make Renting Fair campaign aims to build momentum through the government’s current consultation process and into next year whilst deliberations are underway on changes to the law.