In the quarter to June 2022 Tasmania recorded relatively moderate changes in rent prices compared to the last quarter, which is quite normal for this time of the year. Tasmanian weighted median rent remained steady with $420 in March 2022 and $421 this quarter. This resembles the seasonal drop we used to see in June […]

We have written to the Attorney-General welcoming her commitment to reform the Act to allow residential tenants to have pets but asking that there be no additional pet bond required. We have also asked for an end to no ground evictions so that tenants who get pets during their tenancy are unable to be evicted at the end […]

The first release of data from the 2021 Census was published yesterday. We had a look for you to see what the data so far tells us about housing in Tasmania. Since the last Census in 2016, the Tasmanian population has grown by 9.3%, while the number of private dwellings has increased by only 7%. […]

This week, four years ago, a motion was debated to pause the spread of short-stay accommodation in residential zones across Tasmania. The motion was lost in part because the Government committed to “the delivery of 900 new homes by the end of June 2019”. Recently published data from the Productivity Commission shows that there was […]

Last quarter we talked about ignominious firsts – new thresholds of high rents that were reached in Tasmania, Hobart and Southern Tasmania. Whilst rents in Southern Tasmania are not exactly slowing, it is the North and the North West of the State this quarter that recorded worryingly high increases in median rents. All regions in […]

We have written to the Hobart City Council in support of the proposed amendment to the Hobart Interim Planning Scheme 2015. The proposed amendment would restrict future short-term visitor accommodation permits in residential areas. Find the text of our submission below or download the submission including references on the bottom of this page. To Kelly Grigsby, […]

Most of us cannot imagine what it would be like to be a victim survivor of family violence. Of the terror that comes with a partner who is physically, emotionally, sexually or economically abusive. And of the difficult decisions many face in leaving. As former Australian of the Year and family violence campaigner Rosie Batty […]

We recently provided a submission to the Productivity Commission’s Review of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement in which we called for federal funding of social and affordable housing investment to be tied to greater security of tenure and rent controls. Find our submission here:

Yesterday we officially launched our Bond Special Factsheets. In 13 factsheets we provide explanations and case law on specific bond dispute issues. The factsheets also list documents tenants should provide to support their case when a dispute goes to the Residential Tenancy Commissioner. The project was funded by the Law Foundation of Tasmania, with the […]