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Starting a tenancy
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Healthy homes
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- About the healthy homes standards
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Maintenance & inspections
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Ending a tenancy
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Disputes
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Forms & resources
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- Bond lodgement form
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- Change of landlord/agent form
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- Tenancy Tribunal application online
- Application for contact information
- Boarding House Agreement
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- Property Inspection Report - fillable
- 14-day notice to remedy – breach of landlord responsibilities
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- 14-day notice to remedy – rent arrears
- Residential tenancy agreement
- Flat/house sharing agreement
- Notice of rent increase
- Notice of rent increase - boarding house tenancy
- Notice to terminate a periodic tenancy - where owner requires premises to occupy themselves or for a family member
- Notice to terminate a periodic tenancy - where landlord requires premises for occupation by employees
- Notice to terminate a periodic tenancy - where the premises have been sold and vacant possession is a condition of the sale
- Notice to terminate a periodic tenancy - from tenant to landlord
- Notice of intention not to continue a fixed-term tenancy - from tenant to landlord
- Notice of intention not to continue a fixed-term tenancy - from landlord to tenant for tenancies signed on or after 11 Feb 2021
- Notice not to continue fixed-term tenancy - from landlord to tenant for tenancies signed before 11 Feb 2021
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- Landlord compliance checklist
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- Insulation statement
- Enforcing a sealed mediator’s order or a Tenancy Tribunal order
- Dealing with disputes video
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- Starting a tenancy video
- Chinese captioned video - tips about starting a tenancy 观看带有中文字幕的介绍影片
- Rent, bond and bills video
- Compliance and investigation video
- Renting and You - a guide for landlords and tenants (English Translation)
- Short guide to good renting (English translation)
- Insulation requirements
- Healthy homes standards: Heating guidance
- Healthy homes standards: Insulation guidance
- Healthy homes standards: Ventilation guidance
- Healthy homes standards: Moisture ingress and drainage guidance
- Healthy homes standards: Draught stopping guidance
- Heating Assessment Tool
- Insulation tool: Do you need to upgrade your insulation?
- Insulation statement template
- Insurance statement template
- Healthy homes intent to comply statement – residential tenancies
- Healthy homes intent to comply statement – boarding house tenancies
- Compliance statement
- Rent arrears factsheet
- Notice of overdue rent
- Notice of anti-social behaviour
- Anti-social behaviour factsheet
- Residential Tenancies Amendement Act 2020 Factsheet - A4 print version
- Residential Tenancies Amendement Act 2020 Factsheet - A3 web version
- Objection to an improvement notice
