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When it comes to... |
Status quo |
Our bill |
Labor’s bill |
No grounds evictions |
Your landlord can end a tenancy once your lease is up for any reason | Your landlord cannot evict you for no reason, and they cannot evict you in order to sell the home. There are 2 new reasons they can give: if the owner or their close relative wants to move in, or if they are doing major renovations | Your landlord cannot evict you for no reason, but there are 7 new reasons they can give including the fact the lease is up, they plan to put it on Airbnb or they plan to prepare it for sale |
Notice periods for a notice to leave |
Without grounds: 2 months |
6 months if the owner or their relative is moving in or major renovations |
2 months |
When lessors issue a notice to leave on false grounds |
Not an offence |
Makes it an offence |
Does not make it an offence |
Minimum standards for rental properties |
Regulations may include certain things |
Regulations must cover sanitation, drainage, cleanliness, repair; ventilation, insulation; protection from damp; construction, condition, structures, safety, situation; room dimensions; privacy, security; water supply, storage and sanitary facilities; laundry, cooking facilities; lighting; freedom from vermin infestation and energy efficiency |
The property must:
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Information about property given by landlords to prospective tenants |
As advertised |
Requires landlords to give more comprehensive information |
Does not require landlords to give more comprehensive information |
Landlords’ ability to ask inappropriate rental application questions |
Landlords can ask inappropriate rental application questions |
Landlords can’t ask inappropriate rental application questions |
Landlords can ask inappropriate rental application questions |
Rent bidding |
It’s illegal to ask for rental bids, but property owners and agents can accept rental bids. |
It’s illegal to both ask for and accept rental bids |
Remains illegal to ask for rental bids, but still legal to accept rental bids. |
Rent increases |
Unlimited every 6 months, with 2 months’ notice |
Limited to once every 2 years and only in accordance with CPI |
Unlimited every 6 months, with 2 months’ notice |
Right to keep a pet |
Must be in the lease, or agreed in writing by the landlord |
Tenants can keep a pet - a landlord would have to get a QCAT order to challenge this |
Landlord can refuse on certain grounds with certain conditions |
Minor modifications |
Must obtain landlord’s prior written consent |
Tenants can make minor modifications without first getting the landlord’s consent |
Must obtain landlord’s prior written consent |
Tenant privacy - landlord notice before entering |
24 hours (7 days for an inspection) |
Increased notice periods for entry: 48 hours rather than 24 |
Status quo |
Water bills |
Landlord has no obligation to forward in a timely way |
Ensure landlords forward these to tenants quickly |
Status quo |
Rooming accommodation |
Provide notice to leave |
Landlords must get a QCAT order in order to remove a tenant |
Provide notice to leave. |
Other |
Streamlined process for changing locks and updating bond in case of domestic or family violence |