We have responded to the Senate Inquiry into the ‘Worsening rental crisis in Australia’. Our submission calls for significant investment in social housing, increased income support, a review of Commonwealth Rent Assistance, better protections for renters in the Residential Tenancy Act and a review of property tax concessions. Find our submission below.
In line with increasing vacancy rates Tasmanian rents for the June quarter 2023 show decreases in most areas. The pattern very much resembles the decreases seen in 2020 when COVID-19 lockdowns meant fewer international students and short stay properties returning to the long-term rental market. Overall, decreases were highest in the South (-4.1%) and less […]
All States and Territories have agreed to strengthen renters’ rights and ensure national consistency. Whilst there is no timeframe on when the reforms will be introduced, there was disappointingly no agreement on stabilising rents and some of these reforms were introduced in Tasmania years ago, the reforms will improve the rights of renters across Tasmania […]
We provided feedback to the Tasmanian Housing Strategy Exposure Draft. Our recommendations outlined in our letter below include: a review of the Residential Tenancy Act (1997) to strengthen tenants’ security of tenure, rent regulation, pets and minimum standards; a commitment to retaining existing public housing stock and a set percentage of public housing in the […]
Our short-stay rental hosts are hardly battlers Earlier this year the Australian spokesperson for Airbnb was quoted in The Mercury (21/02) as saying “short-term rentals provide a way for everyday people to stay afloat and combat rising cost of living and growing mortgage repayments”. Similarly, in a 2019 submission to the Legislative Assembly Select Committee […]
An analysis of short stay accommodation permit data in the Hobart City Council municipality.
Along with Shelter Tasmania and TasCOSS we have written to the House of Assembly calling on them to support better regulation of short-stay visitor accommodation. Read the letter below.
Rents continue to rise without any major relief. Rents for 3-bedroom properties are particularly high in and around population centres, with Glenorchy recording the highest increase compared to last year’s prices of $60 per week and Kingston area recording the highest quarter change with an increase of $35 per week. Only in the North West […]
We have provided a submission to a Senate Cost of Living Inquiry calling for a significant increase in social housing and income support, a review of commonwealth rent assistance and a strengthening of residential tenancy legislation. Read our submission below.
On Friday, twelve community organisations, including the Tenants’ Union wrote to Premier Jeremy Rockliff calling on him to ease cost of living pressures by maximising the use of existing residential premises. Find the letter below:
