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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 142ZN

Resident in transitional housing refuses alternative accommodation

S. 142ZN(1) amended by No. 40/2022 s. 60(31)(a).

    (1)     A rooming house operator which is Homes Victoria or a delegate of Homes Victoria may give a resident a notice to vacate a room occupied by the resident if—

        (a)     the room was provided as transitional housing; and

S. 142ZN(1)(b) amended by No. 40/2022 s. 60(31)(a).

        (b)     Homes Victoria, under this section, has published requirements for residents of transitional housing to seek alternative accommodation; and

        (c)     the resident has—

              (i)     unreasonably refused to seek alternative accommodation in accordance with those requirements; or

              (ii)     refused a reasonable offer of alternative accommodation made in accordance with those requirements.

    (2)     The notice must specify a termination date that is not less than 30 days after the date on which the notice is given.

    (3)     In this section, "transitional housing" means accommodation for a period of more than 14 days and less than 12 months provided to persons in crisis as a result of homelessness or impending homelessness.

S. 142ZN(4) amended by No. 40/2022 s. 60(31)(b).

    (4)     Homes Victoria, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may publish its requirements for residents of transitional housing to seek alternative accommodation.

S. 142ZO inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 237 (as amended by Nos 32/2020 s. 11, 1/2021 s. 95).



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