Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 105E

105E Tribunal order about rent increase

(1) This section applies if a provider reasonably believes the provider would be caused undue hardship because the provider is not able to increase the rent payable under a rooming accommodation agreement during the 12-month period mentioned in section 105B (1) .

(2) The provider may apply to a tribunal for an order mentioned in subsection (3) .

(3) The tribunal may make an order permitting the provider to increase the rent payable under the rooming accommodation agreement by a stated amount.

(4) In deciding the application, the tribunal must have regard to any representation made by a resident under the rooming accommodation agreement about the proposed rent increase and its likely effect on—

(a) the affordability of the resident’s room; and

(b) the resident’s ability to continue to pay the rent for the room.