Renters’ Rights
Victoria’s rental rules have changed.
The changes included:
- minimum standards for rental properties
- changes to how repairs and modifications are managed
- a ban on rental bidding
- improvements to eviction protocols
VCOSS is playing a support and coordination role, making sure community support workers understand the changes, and have all the information they need to support renters to exercise their new rights.
Watch the latest
Renters’ Rights Rundown: three years on
The latest Renters’ Rights Rundown, on Wednesday 27 March 2024, took a look back on the significant reforms of the Residential Tenancies Act in 2021 and where we are today.
Resources
- Tenants Victoria slide deck
- ‘Renters’ Rights: three years on’ (Summary article)
- Download the transcript (PDF)
Renters’ Rights Rundown: Rent increases
This session was recorded on Thursday, 14 September 2023.
Resources
- Tenants Victoria slide deck
- ‘Challenging suspected invalid rent increases’ (Summary article)
- Download the transcript (PDF)
Renters’ Rights Rundown: Renting and family violence
Renters’ Rights Rundown: Victoria’s renting rules
This session was recorded on Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Past events
On 24 March 2021, VCOSS held ‘The Renters’ Rights Rundown: Victoria’s new renting rules’.
The session featured presentations, a panel discussion and audience questions in relation to the 130+ renting rule changes that came into effect, a couple of days later, on 29 March 2021.
Renting and family violence
This session was recorded in June 2021.
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New Rights for Young Renters
This session was recorded in June 2021.
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Key resources
Information on Victoria’s renting laws
- 2021 Victorian rental laws changes Consumer Affairs Victoria
- New renting laws guide Tenants Victoria
- What do the new rental laws mean for Victorian renters? Justice Connect
- Guides and videos for renters in community languages Tenants Victoria
Support for renters
- Dear landlord – a free self-help resource for renters in Victoria Justice Connect
- Workers Advice Line – tenancy law advice or support to community sector workers assisting Victorian renters – Tenants Victoria
- Tenancy Assistance and Advocacy Program Providers - support for renters experiencing financial disadvantage or family violence
- Financial help for private renters including concessions, hardship support, loans, financial advice and counselling – DFFH
- $250 power saving bonus – one off payment to Victorian households who looks for a better energy deal on the Victorian energy compare website. Click here for information on how to apply through a community sector organisation.
- Energy assistance program – Free tailored energy affordability support for households at risk of financial hardship.
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