NSW recently sought submissions in response to a consultation paper on improving rental laws. Our submission provided feedback on removing 'no grounds' terminations, making it easier for renters to have pets, protecting renters' privacy, the issue of excessive rent increases, and the need for minimum energy efficiency standards for rental homes. The submission is available for download here.

In June 2023 the Australian Senate referred an inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia to the Community Affairs References Committee. Better Renting made a submission to this inquiry, calling for action to: limit rent increases, give tenants more control over how their tenancies end, and establish minimum energy efficiency standards for rental homes. You can download our submission here.

In early July Better Renting made a submission to the Inquiry into the rental and housing affordability crisis in Victoria. We called on the Victorian Government to:

• abolish unfair evictions at the end of the first fixed-term of a tenancy,
• implement limits on rent increases, &
• expand minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals.

Better Renting made a submission to SA's Consumer and Business Services in response to their consultation on "Modernising SA's renting laws".

Our submission is available here in pdf format. 

The ACT Government is looking to implement minimum energy efficiency standards for rental properties. In November 2021 they published a Regulatory Impact Statement and Consultation paper (available here).

Better Renting made a submission to this process. The Better Renting submission is available here.

The ACT Government recently called for submissions regarding proposed changes to ACT tenancy laws, including ending no cause evictions.

Better Renting made a submission drawing on our experience and consultation with local renters. The submission is available here.