Following the Minister for Housing and Public Works announcement yesterday to waive rents for flood affected public housing tenants, Tenants Queensland is calling on agents and owners in Townsville to treat private renters fairly.
Tenants Queensland (TQ) is urging estate real agents and owners in the private market to negotiate rent reductions with tenants living in flood affected rental properties and maintain usual rental costs for properties being offered on the market.
CEO, Ms Penny Carr, says “this is an opportunity for owners and agents to extend the strong community spirit to affected renters,” and asked owners to immediately negotiate rent reductions for any loss of amenity.