Canberran shared tenants will now have better protections after the new round of rental law reforms come into effect this month.
Attorney General Shane Rattenbury said roommates often involve informal arrangements, requiring reform of laws and updating protections for tenants.
"Thanks to these reforms, your rights and responsibilities are more secure when you change the way a shared tenancy is set up. This will eliminate headaches like terminating and rewriting a rental contract. tenants when your roommates change or some people are not on the lease, making them subtenants of those on the lease, "Rattenbury said.
Additionally, the reforms will streamline the process of managing the bond for a condominium house. This will allow money to be transferred directly between tenants when arrangements change.
The changes will also cover Canberrans who live in shared accommodation under an occupancy agreement, such as boarding houses, university student accommodation, or crisis accommodation.
"The new laws establish minimum protections, so that occupants are protected from unreasonable evictions," Rattenbury said. "The reforms also create a new optional avenue for occupiers to bring an occupancy dispute to the Human Rights Commission for conciliation to provide a structured dispute resolution process."
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