Our Vision
The Make Renting Fair Alliance is calling for ten changes that will dramatically improve life in a rented home, based on
the evidence we heard from WA renters directly.
THE TENANCY TEN
1. End unfair evictions
2. Allow reasonable modifications
2. Allow reasonable modifications
Stop tenants being evicted without a valid reason. Introduce reasonable grounds for ending a tenancy.
2. Allow reasonable modifications
2. Allow reasonable modifications
2. Allow reasonable modifications
Renters should be allowed to make small changes that can make a house feel like home, and improve safety, liveability and running costs of a home.
3. Create minimum standards
2. Allow reasonable modifications
3. Create minimum standards
Including energy-efficient and climate-resilient housing . Most products like your car, television and even a plastic chair need to meet Australian standards - but not your rental home.
4. Stabilise rent increases
5. Boarders & lodgers, and Students
3. Create minimum standards
We need a mechanism to cap unfair rent increases.
5. Boarders & lodgers, and Students
5. Boarders & lodgers, and Students
5. Boarders & lodgers, and Students
Better protections for boarders and lodgers, and students are needed under appropriate and fair law.
6. Allow pets
5. Boarders & lodgers, and Students
5. Boarders & lodgers, and Students
Tenants should be able to have a pet in suitable homes.
7. Quick, fair & consistent dispute resolution
9. Increase access to tenancy advocacy & information
7. Quick, fair & consistent dispute resolution
Introduce mediation and reported decisions for greater clarity.
8. A better deal for public housing tenants
9. Increase access to tenancy advocacy & information
7. Quick, fair & consistent dispute resolution
Remove provisions that discriminate against the public housing tenants and give public housing tenants the same protections as other tenants.
9. Increase access to tenancy advocacy & information
9. Increase access to tenancy advocacy & information
9. Increase access to tenancy advocacy & information
Make advocacy services and tenancy information available to all renters.
10. Privacy
10. Privacy
9. Increase access to tenancy advocacy & information
Rent inspections every three months and other invasive requirements need to be rationalised to avoid unnecessary stress on tenants.
THE TENANCY TEN FACTSHEET
MAKE RENTING FAIR WA
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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country and their ongoing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and to the Elders past, present and emerging. We support the Uluru Statement from the Heart and our recognition and acceptance of your invitation to walk with you towards a movement of the Australian people for a better future.
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