Rental Law Reform
The Housing Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 (HLA Bill) received royal assent and became law on Wednesday 20 October 2021. However, it’s important to remember that not all changes commence immediately.
As Queensland's rental authority, the Residential Tenancies Authority (RTA) will continue to administer the legislation and provide training, education, forms, resources, compliance and support services to guide tenants, property managers and property owners through these important changes to rental laws.
Let's overview what's happening around the new tenant's legislation this year. As you might be feeling a little uncertain about your rights as landlords, we thought it is essential to share the below information with you.
The reforms below will be commencing on the 1st October 2022; these reforms will:
1) remove the option to end a tenancy without grounds and instead provide tenants and property owners/managers with a broader range of reasons to end a tenancy with appropriate notice
2) introduce a framework for parties to negotiate renting with pets, including:
> prescribed reasonable grounds for refusing a request to keep a pet (e.g. keeping a pet would breach laws or by-laws)
> timeframes for property owners/managers to respond to any requests for a pet. If the property owner/manager does not meet these deadlines, the request will be considered approved.
Summary of implementation times are as follows;
1) Framework for all parties to negotiate renting with pets will commence on 1 October 2022
2) Changes to approved reasons to end a tenancy will commence on 1 October 2022
3) Repair orders - orders of tribunal carrying out emergency repairs will commence on 1 October 2022
4) Minimum housing standards due to commence for new tenancy arrangements from 1 September 2023 and all tenancies from 1 September 2024
For further information and support, please click here to visit RTA Legislation Rental Law Reform.