Tenancy Factsheets
During a tenancy:
- Access and Privacy (inspections, access for repairs, your right to privacy, changing the locks)
- Bond (condition reports, final inspections, fair wear and tear, carpet cleaning, transfers in share houses)
- Making a complaint about your real estate agent (agents' code of conduct, complaints, fair trading)
- Rent Arrears (falling behind in the rent, payment plans, notice to remedy, notice to vacate, tribunal orders)
- Rent Increases and Reductions (notice and timing, rent reductions for repair issues or access breaches)
- Rent Increases: Is my increase excessive? (rent increase formula, calculator, other relevant factors)
- Repairs (moving in, urgent and non-urgent repairs, notice to remedy, rent reductions and compensation)
- Sale of Premises (notification, can the tenancy be ended, access for purchasers)
End of Tenancy:
- Ending a Tenancy and Breaking a Lease (giving notice, ways to end the tenancy, compensation)
- Eviction in the ACT (reasons for eviction, notice periods, invalid notices, Tribunal orders)
- Defending an Eviction (going to the Tribunal, types of defence, 21 day extensions, Tribunal orders)
Going to the Tribunal (ACAT)
- Tribunal (ACAT) General Information (forms, application fees, conferences and hearings, process)
- Evidence Checklist for the Tribunal (what to take to the Tribunal)
- Searching Decisions and Requesting Reasons (using past Tribunal decisions, helping other tenants)