Victorian Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) Review
The Victorian Government is currently reviewing the Residential Tenancies Act – the law that governs the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants. Significant changes to the legislation have been proposed in the Government’s options paper Heading for Home, released in January this year. The REIV strongly opposes many of these reforms, including: Changes to […]
2017 Residential Tenancies Act Review
The Victorian Government has been undertaking a review of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997, as a part of its platform for housing related initiatives entitled ‘Fairer Safer Housing’ over the past year. The final RTA Options Paper outlines an extensive range of proposed changes which are extremely concerning to the REIV and may have substantial […]