QLD Queensland COVID-19 residential tenancy legislation

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Sunny one day......... 1984 the next.

Rent control will also be coming

 

How is a LL or PM not being able to see proof of what financial position a tenant is in to reduce their rent amount, working together and not contradicting when the RTA can do so ?

It will be interesting to see how many people will pull their super out to try to use it as a house deposit. The government can only handout relief for so long with employers before they get left on their own to sink or float, getting finance will not be easy in a volatile market. I got the funds to sail through all of this but I'd be unhappy if tenants just decide to not pay rent because they can.

 

If it is the case that a landlord cannot even ask a tenant to provide evidence whilst explaining that they are not obliged to do so, then it is silly as it will just result in more cases going to tribunal because the landlord wants to know there is evidence and is not forced to provide a rent reduction without evidence unless the tribunal rules such.

 

Intended Tenancy Law changes for QLD for the virus
Apparently will be legislated next week or 2 , but will be backtracked to March 29th

Quite negative for property owners in Queensland - in my opinion.

Speech starts around 4 minutes - this is main speech - listen to it 1st ....

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645301592956898

starts at about 4 minutes

The Hub
Note that lots things said in the speech are not mentioned on the above site

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=675081649913321

 

'No-one could have predicted': Relief for Queensland renters, landlords

Queensland introduces new measures to protect tenants, support landlords

A raft of new measures aimed at protecting tenants and financially supporting their landlords will be introduced in Queensland, which has become one of the first states to move on rent relief during the COVID-19 crisis.

The Queensland government will ban landlords from requiring tenants to draw down their superannuation or sell large personal assets like cars to pay their rent, and they will not be able to request personal financial information, among other measures.

Housing Minister Mick de Brenni on Thursday said the current crisis was no one’s fault, and the new system would give landlords and tenants an opportunity to work out tenancy issues themselves.

... read more​

 

'No-one could have predicted': Relief for Queensland renters, landlords

Special COVID-19 Protections for residential tenants and owners

 

"relief for landlords"!! if they find a landlord who is relieved, call me, ill buy a lotto ticket,

thats like telling someone who might get diagnosed with cancer, everything will be fine, just take a panadol

 

Government: we want tennants and landlords to sit down and work out a solution.

Government: PS That solution can't involve eviction, accumulating arrears, asking a tennant to access their financial assets, or even asking for evidence of a tennants financial situation. Also tennants can end a lease with one week's notice but landlords must extend a finishing lease for another 6 months. Good luck!

 

I am still confused, the landlord "will not be able to request personal financial information" from the tenants but "evictions due to financial hardship will be banned".

1. How do we define financial hardship?
2. If we can't request for financial information how do we tell if a tenant is having financial hardship?

 

How is landlord supposed to prove this when they are not allowed to ask for evidence?

 

I wonder what they will say where the QLD government tribunal actually orders a rent reduction or rent free period as they are saying they will do?

 

And we cannot apply for the land tax relief either because it is impossible to prove the tenant's situation. I wonder if that is a sick joke or are they just stupid.

And evictions due to financial hardship will be banned... but if the tribunal orders a rent reduction that would put them NOT in hardship and they fail to pay that can they then be evicted at that point I bet not

 

Stupid.

 

Can the RTA set your rent if you don't come to an agreement? This manditory remediation process is very unclear.

 

Would requesting a letter from their employer or directly contacting their employer be out of the picture? Some banks are doing this for loan approvals now right?

 

Certainly sounds like it. I don't see how this mediation can really work if the landlord isn't allowed to ask for personal financial information (not clear if this extends to not being able to ask verbally or just not being able to ask for proof). Landlord would surely just let it go to tribunal where at least evidence could be required to tribunal? (and possibly landlord insurance might cover forced rent reduction by tribunal - we don't know).

Also, so mandatory rent reduction can be imposed for 6 months along with eviction ban, but landlord is required to offer 6 month extension. I presume at still this reduced rent. So reduced rent for up to 12 months depending on timing of lease end + time that it will take to give notice and evict tenant at the end.

 

The tribunal decides how much rent paid. It’s been said to be 25 %. It’s been said , previously RTA is simathetic to tenant to tenant. So I would not expect too much. Parliamentarians made big thing person should not have to access super to contribute to rent. My observation is they imply it’s ok for property owner to access their super to keep property. Ther 3 month no land tax is in my opinion. Not much

 

A local councillor has already advised tenants howto get big benefit here. Immediately ask for a decision from RTA. And start paying NO rent

 

do you think the QLD government will also put a moratorium on the banks requiring landlords to sell large personal assets to pay their mortgages?

 

Will their be a moratorium on the banks being able to evict tenants when they take possession of the property?

If someone has an 80% loan, with tenant in paying a pittance or nothing for 6 months plus a 6 month mandatory extension for this tenant. It will be hard to be able to sell property for enough to cover loan and costs if bank cannot evict tenant. The mortgage insurers will also get hit hard for high lvr loans in this situation.