Our
Vision
We’re fighting to make renting fair in Western Australia.
Since 2019 we have been campaigning on the Tenancy Ten, which is our vision to dramatically improve the rights and lives of renters across WA.
While some of these have been achieved, the most critical issues still remain
- Renters can still be unfairly evicted for no reason and have no security in their tenure
- There are still no minimum standards for rental homes to be safe and healthy
- Rents can be increased by any amount and are extremely unaffordable
- Students, Boarders, and Lodgers live in precarious housing without basic rights or protections, and
- Prospective tenants are required to disclose extremely personal information with no standard protections of their privacy or procedures for how this is stored or disposed.
Additionally, thousands of renters are unable to access information, advice, and support about their rights due to advocacy and support services being underfunded, over-capacity, or just nonexistent. We need sustainable funding to support people at all stages of their tenancy.
These issues make WA the worst state to rent in Australia and are the priorities in our campaign.
We’ll keep fighting until we secure the rest of the Tenancy Ten!
TENANCY 10
progress report
Achieved
Partially Achieved
End Unfair Evictions
Stop tenants being evicted without a valid reason. Introduce reasonable grounds for ending a tenancy.
ALLOW REASONABLE MODIFICATIONS
Renters should be allowed to make their house a home.
CREATE MINIMUM STANDARDS
Stop tenants being evicted without a valid reason. Introduce reasonable grounds for ending a tenancy.
STABILISE RENT INCREASES
Introduce a mechanism to cap unreasonable rent increases.
INCLUDE BOARDERS, LODGERS and Students
Legal protections for boarder, lodgers, and students.
ALLOW PETS
Tenants shouldn’t have to choose between a family member and a home.
QUICK, FAIR, AND CONSISTENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Tenants shouldn’t have to choose between a family member and a home.
BETTER DEAL FOR PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS
Remove provisions that discriminate against public housing tenants. Provide adequate support for tenants to maintain public housing tenancies.
INCREASE ACCESS TO TENANT ADVOCACY
Remove provisions that discriminate against public housing tenants. Provide adequate support for tenants to maintain public housing tenancies.
PRIVACY
End invasive inspections and regulate the tenancy application process.
For more information on each of these asks, head to our Resources page.
Why are these your campaign asks?
Right now, renters can be evicted without notice or cause from their homes. Many more are facing dodgy rental standards – we’re talking black mould, leaking pipes, no insulation, dodgy wiring, no ventilation and the list goes on.
WA needs to follow in the footsteps of other states and ensure that we have a minimum standards model for renters, and that we can keep people in their homes.
What is stopping us from achieving these?
Right now, the State Government is considering implementing minimum standards for renters and ending no grounds evictions. The moment has never been riper for the taking – we could have these crucial reforms by the end of the year. But we have to keep the pressure on.
You can help. Take action now.
Take action now.
We can’t do it without you.
Head over to our Take Action page and make a difference for WA renters today.