It's time to end unfair evictions in Queensland | Make Renting Fair in Queensland

It's time to end unfair evictions in Queensland

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I am a voter in your electorate and a member of this local community. I’m contacting you today about an issue that is very important to me – abolishing ‘no grounds’ evictions and protecting Queensland renters from the constant threat of eviction. This is about housing stability and about reducing the risk of homelessness.

Over 1.8 million people in our state live in a rental home. This home is their foundation to hold down a job, raise their family, get an education, contribute to their local community and do all the other things we look forward to in life. However, Queensland’s current rental laws mean that renters can never quite relax or feel as stable as they need to be.

Removing arbitrary evictions is the most important change we need to see in Queensland’s new rental laws. This change alone would provide greater stability to renters and at no costs to the government or lessors.. If people do the wrong thing, there will still be a process for dealing with that. Property owners will still have many legitimate reasons why they can ask tenants to leave – but they will have to have a reason. 
 
Currently ‘no grounds’ evictions are also used to retaliate against renters who ask for safety repairs. They are used against renters who lawfully exercise their rights as tenants. They are also used to discriminate against people because of their age, skin colour, mental health, disability, faith or the language they speak at home. They are used to get rid of people who might be doing it tough. There is no good reason to maintain this aspect of our rental laws and any fair review of tenancy laws will remove it.

As you would be aware, we are currently in the midst of a ‘rental crisis’, with countless stories in the media of families ending up homeless or living in tents, through no fault of their own. Some lessors are taking the opportunity to evict long-term renters from their homes, in order re-let their properties with significantly increased rents.
 
I also support the introduction of minimum standards for rental properties, strong protections for renters who experience family violence and greater ability for renters to keep pets, and make reasonable modifications to their homes, including those needed for disability, age, safety and basic comfort.

I am supporting this call for change by Make Renting Fair in Queensland and thousands of local community members and organisations. As my local member of parliament, I would like to know your position on this important issue.

I hope you will support these changes in the community and parliament to pass strong legislation that abolishes 'no grounds' evictions in our state.

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