Private renters
Find out about rental agreements, costs, and what your rights and responsibilities are as a renter.
- Affordable rental properties for key service workers
About affordable rentals for key workers, including who is eligible and how to apply. - Help with bond assistance for private rental
Who can apply for an interest free loan to help pay for bond and first rent payments in a private rental. - Paying rent and other costs
Information about paying rent and other costs when you rent a property. - Rent bidding
Information about rent bidding, what the law says and misleading and deceptive conduct. - Security deposits/bonds
Paying your security deposit in a rental property, including information on holding your money in a trust account. - Your tenancy and water charges
Information about when a landlord can charge a tenant for water.
- Abandoned goods
What happens when a tenant leaves goods behind in a rental property. - Breaking a lease early
What happens when you need to break a lease early, including what the landlord must do. - When you are owed bond money
Recover your bond money after moving out of a rented property.
- Common tenancy disputes
How to resolve common tenancy disputes, including how to protect yourself in a dispute. - Condition report at the start of a tenancy
Information on signing a condition report at the start of a tenancy, including what to do if you make changes to the report. - Notices for tenants to landlords
Templates of notices from tenants to landlords. - Pools or spas responsibilities for tenants
Your responsibilities and what you should be reporting as a tenant living in a property with pool or spa.
- Boarders, lodgers and tenants
Rights and responsibilities of boarders, lodgers and tenants explained. - Renting in a caravan park
Living in a caravan park, paying rent, repairs and your responsibilities as a caravan park resident. - Share houses
Information on share houses, including being a cotenant, subtenant and laws about subletting. - Types of rental agreements
Information on the types of rental agreements you can sign as a tenancy, including fixed term and periodic.
- Repairs and maintenance on rented properties
Information on repairs to a rented property, including giving notice and emergency repairs.