We provided a submission to the Inquiry into Homes Tasmania in which we noted that the median renter in Tasmania is paying around $120 per week or more than $6200pa to keep a roof over their head than just 5 years ago! We also highlighted the growing number of homeless particularly amongst younger and older persons and the slow growth in new […]
Do you like our work? You can now make a small (or large) donation to help us do more of it! There are currently 57,762 rental households in Tasmania. Our core business is to provide information, advice and representation to renters when issues regarding their homes arise. In the financial year 2022/23 we helped a […]
We co-wrote a letter to the Department of Justice to raise concerns about the proposed amendments to the Residential Tenancy Regulations 2015. The proposed changes would mean that on-farm workers who receive accommodation as part of their employment could be evicted with no notice if their employment ended. Many of the workers affected are international, […]
The Government is consulting on reforms to the Residential Tenancy Act that will allow renters to have pets and to affix furniture to the wall as well as clarify the law for farm workers. Read our response below.
Rents rose in the March quarter compared to the December quarter, but only moderately. In most areas, rent for three-bedroom properties rose around $20.00 per week. Hobart City was on the higher end with an increase of $25.00. Only areas with very small populations like the Far South, Central North and the West Coast recorded […]
Two weeks ago we published our state election asks and sent questionnaires to the four major parties as well as independent candidates with a focus on housing. Here is where they stand in response to our state election asks 2024: Find the detailed responses below: Tasmanian Liberals Tasmanian Labor Tasmanian Greens Jacqui Lambie Network Kristie […]
In just over three weeks Tasmanians are heading to the polls to elect a new Government. We have written to all parties likely to have representation as well as some independents who have focussed on housing to respond to the nine policies we believe are crucial to improve housing availability, affordability and security for renters. […]
After two quarters of the weighted median rent index decreasing in the South, the December 2023 quarter saw rents increase everywhere bar the North West, where rents decreased by $2. We might be seeing the return of the annual curve of rents peaking in the March quarter, then declining in the June quarter, staying subdued […]
The Tenants’ Union of Tasmania receives the least funding of any tenant advocacy service in Australia. From the State and Commonwealth Governments we receive $7.83 per rental household compared to $14.94 in Queensland, $16.34 in the Northern Territory, $16.46 in New South Wales and $19.08 in Victoria. Yesterday, in a submission to the Department of Treasury […]
Our Annual Report for the financial year 2022/23 is now available on our website. The report includes information about our organisation, services, advocacy projects as well as financial statements. You will also find statistics on renting in Tasmania from de-identified information provided by our telephone advice clients. Find the full report below, or along with […]
