Queensland Bans ‘Rent Bidding’

The Queensland Labor government says new rental reforms will strengthen tenants’ rights, but a leading real estate group says there problems with the ban. Labor Minister for Housing Meaghan Scanlon spoke about the new Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (the RTRAOLA Bill) on May 24, after it was approved in Parliament a day earlier. Under the reforms, all forms of rent bidding will be banned, a minimum 48-hour notice for entry must be given to tenants, ensuring renters have a “fee-free way” to pay their rent will be mandatory, as well as requiring bond claims to be backed by evidence....