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  • Rent payments and rent in advance

    Rent payments and rent in advance

    Rules about paying rent in advance, rent payment methods, rent receipts, and illegal fees and fines.

  • Late or unpaid rent

    Late or unpaid rent (rent arrears)

    What a rental provider can do if rent is late or unpaid, and when renters can be given a notice to vacate for unpaid rent.

  • Rent increases

    Rent increases

    Rules for when rent can be increased; how to tell renters about a rent increase; how increases are calculated.

  • Challenging rent increases or high rent

    Challenging rent increases or high rent

    What renters can do if they think a rent increase is too high; how renters can seek a rent reduction if services or facilities are reduced.

  • Rent changes in a rooming house

    Rent changes in a rooming house

    Rules for rent increases in a rooming house; when rooming house operators must decrease the rent.

  • Rent calculator

    Rent calculator

    Use our online tool to work out rent per day, week, fortnight, calendar month, 6-month period or year.