QUEENSLAND RENTAL LAWS HAVE CHANGED

October 8, 2024 Public Service Announcement.

Rental law changes from 30 September 2024 include:

• Maximum bond amount – capped at no more than 4 times the weekly rent amount.
• Reletting costs – calculated on the time remaining on an agreement (where an agreement is greater than 3 years). For agreements up to 3 years, it’s the lower amount of the specified reletting costs or the rent until a new tenant moves in. Use our new reletting costs calculator to help provide an estimate of possible reletting costs.
• Rent payments – tenants must be offered 2 ways to pay rent, including a way that does not incur more than usual bank costs and is reasonably available to a tenant.
• Utility bills – tenants must receive utility bills within a 4-week timeframe, otherwise the tenant does not need to pay.
• Evidence for bond claims – when making a bond claim or disputing a bond, a property manager/owner must provide a tenant with supporting evidence within 14 days of lodging a claim or dispute. This applies to bonds lodged with the RTA after 30 September 2024, with new penalties for non-compliance. For bonds lodged with the RTA before 30 September 2024, a 12-month transitional period from 30 September 2024 applies, allowing the sector to prepare for this change.
• False and misleading information – it is an offence for anyone involved in a tenancy to provide false or misleading information to the RTA and penalties apply.
• Information sharing – new abilities for the RTA to share information with other government agencies and departments to drive greater compliance and enforcement outcomes for the sector.

For More Info Go To – https://www.rta.qld.gov.au/forms-resources/rental-law-changes/ongoing-rental-law-changes?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Queensland-rental-laws-have-changed-from-30-September-2024&utm_content=rta.qld.gov.au%2Fforms-resources%2Frental-law-changes%2Fongoing-rental-law-changes&utm_source=vision6.rta.qld.gov.au

Thanks To – rta.qld.gov.au