Industry update
Upcoming changes in effect from 1 May 2025
May 1, 2025, Queensland’s rental laws are getting another shake-up! Expect a streamlined standard application form, tougher rules on gathering info, plus updates to entry notices and requests for fixtures or structural tweaks.
Rent and other payments
- Disclosing benefits – any financial benefits received by managing parties regarding rent payments must be disclosed.
Balancing privacy and access
- Entry notice period – the minimum entry notice period has increased from 24 hours to 48 hours.
- Entry frequency – new limits apply to the frequency of entry after a notice to end the tenancy has been issued.
- Protecting privacy – new limits apply to the personal information that can be requested and collected by managing parties.
Other changes
- Rental application process – a new standardised rental application form will be created and must be used when a tenant is applying for a rental property. Managing parties will need to provide prospective tenants at least 2 different ways to submit their applications. One of the ways must not be restrictive. There are also new guidelines on what information managing parties may request from prospective tenants during the rental application process.
- Request for fixtures and structural changes – revised process for a tenant to request fixtures and structural changes (in writing) to the managing party who must respond within 28 days.