Tenancy info
In Queensland, people who rent housing are covered by the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008.
The Act applies to rented houses, units, flats, aged rental, moveable dwellings, houseboats and rooming accommodation. All types of rental housing are covered by this Act including; private rental, public housing, government, employer-run and community managed rental accommodation.
This information applies to people who live in general tenancies (houses, units, aged rental etc) or caravans and other moveable dwellings.
Agents
Rights and responsibilities of agents, rent bidding, publications, links, forms and contacts for real estate agents.
Lessors
Rights and responsibilities of lessors (landlords), forms, publications and contacts for owners of private properties who rent that property to another party.
Owners/managers in a moveable dwelling park
Rights and responsibilites, forms, publications and contacts for caravan park operators/managers and private owners of rented caravans/manufactured homes.
Tenants
Rights and responsibilites, share houses, forms, publications and contacts for people renting an apartment, unit, house, townhouse of flat.
Moveable dwellings
People renting a caravan or manufactued home and/or site on either a short or long-term basis.
Share houses
Legal responsibilities for co-tenants, permissions required for sub-tenants, contributions to the rental bond when two or more people share a rental property and the costs involved.
Starting, during and ending a tenancy
All stages of a general tenancy and what to do if something goes wrong.
Fact sheets
PDF fact sheets for general and moveable dwelling tenancies.
Tenancy publications
RTA publications relating to general and moveable dwellling tenancies.
Rental bonds
Applying for a rental bond loan, lodging, transferring, refunding and changing details on rental bonds.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about issues that may arise when renting a place to live in Queensland.
Student accommodation
Common terms, beginning a tenancy, fact sheets and forms, getting your bond refunded, resolving a dispute and links to assist students renting in general tenancies.
Tenancy databases
Provisions and regulations about the operation of tenancy databases. Criteria for why a tenant's name might be listed and how to appeal an inaccurate or unfair listing.
Making a complaint
How to make a complaint to the RTA about possible offences under the Act.
Information in other languages
The Renting in Queensland fact sheet is available in Arabic, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Samoan, simplified and traditional Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese.
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