Responsibilities of Landlords - FPDN · 2018-05-27 · Responsibilities of Landlords Common law...
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First Peoples Disability Network (Australia) Limited ABN 58 169 154 330 Suite 502, Level 5, 280 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000 Postal Address: P O Box A2265, Sydney South NSW 1235 phone 02 9267 4195 [email protected] www.fpdn.org.au FACT SHEET & RESOURCES Responsibilities of Landlords Common law dictates that landlords have a duty to guarantee the safety of rented property and its contents. Responsibility to Maintain a Clean Environment. A tenant expects their home to be clean. While you are not responsible for washing a tenant's dishes or picking their clothes up off the floor, as a landlord, they or you have certain responsibilities to maintain the property as a whole. Responsibilities of landlord’s website links: http://www.tenancycheck.com.au/landlord-information/obligations/landlord-responsibilities-and- obligations Landlord responsibilities include: • Maintaining the structure and exterior of the house Rights • Ensuring all 'installations' are working, such as gas, electricity and heating • Installation and appliance maintenance and safety. Please note: only applies to landlord-owned appliances • Treat potentially health-threatening issues such as rising damp • Anything else that's stipulated in the tenancy agreement • Major Issues and Recommendations Each Australian state and territory has its own specific requirements - In NSW, landlords must provide tenants with a copy of the 'New tenant checklist' available on the state's Fair Trading website before both parties sign the rental agreement. Fines can be applied if the correct procedures aren't followed to the letter. Landlords must also make sure they're up-to-date on what qualifies as both direct and indirect discrimination, fair trading laws, and good practices. Ninety days' notice is required if no new lease has been signed following expiry of a fixed-term agreement. Fair Trading website link: http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/ftw/Tenants_and_home_owners/Renting_a_home.page http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/ftw/Tenants_and_home_owners/Being_a_landlord.page
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ResponsibilitiesofLandlords
Commonlawdictatesthatlandlordshaveadutytoguaranteethesafetyofrentedpropertyanditscontents.ResponsibilitytoMaintainaCleanEnvironment.Atenantexpectstheirhometobeclean.Whileyouarenotresponsibleforwashingatenant'sdishesorpickingtheirclothesupoffthefloor,asalandlord,theyoryouhavecertainresponsibilitiestomaintainthepropertyasawhole.Responsibilitiesoflandlord’swebsitelinks:http://www.tenancycheck.com.au/landlord-information/obligations/landlord-responsibilities-and-obligationsLandlordresponsibilitiesinclude:
• MaintainingthestructureandexteriorofthehouseRights• Ensuringall'installations'areworking,suchasgas,electricityandheating• Installationandappliancemaintenanceandsafety.Pleasenote:onlyappliestolandlord-owned
appliances• Treatpotentiallyhealth-threateningissuessuchasrisingdamp• Anythingelsethat'sstipulatedinthetenancyagreement• MajorIssuesandRecommendations
EachAustralianstateandterritoryhasitsownspecificrequirements-InNSW,landlordsmustprovidetenantswithacopyofthe'Newtenantchecklist'availableonthestate'sFairTradingwebsitebeforebothpartiessigntherentalagreement.Finescanbeappliedifthecorrectproceduresaren'tfollowedtotheletter.Landlordsmustalsomakesurethey'reup-to-dateonwhatqualifiesasbothdirectandindirectdiscrimination,fairtradinglaws,andgoodpractices.Ninetydays'noticeisrequiredifnonewleasehasbeensignedfollowingexpiryofafixed-termagreement.FairTradingwebsitelink:http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/ftw/Tenants_and_home_owners/Renting_a_home.pagehttp://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/ftw/Tenants_and_home_owners/Being_a_landlord.page
