It’s time to
make renting fair
Everyone deserves a safe and affordable place to live.
But right now, this couldn’t be further from reality. WA’s rental market is now one of the most unaffordable, insecure, and unhealthy places to rent in Australia, and renters are hurting.
While the first tranche of rental reforms announced in 2023 introduced huge steps forward, including limiting rent increases to once every 12 months, improving the bond disputes process and allowing renters to have a pet as a right, there is still a way to go.
We still lack adequate standards for the condition or safety of the home, rents can still be increased by any amount, and tenants can still be evicted without any reason from their home.
WA’s rental laws are outdated and unfair.
The State Government has left the door open for the next round of reforms to happen soon, and we have to keep the pressure on.
You can’t tackle the housing crisis without fixing renting. Hundreds of thousands of Western Australians who rent deserve a safe, secure and healthy place to live.
Together, we can make renting fairer.
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Report exposes WA’s runaway rents, sparking renewed calls for rent caps
Western Australian renters are paying an extra $20,000 per year in rent compared to four years ago according to a new report, prompting renewed calls for rent caps to stabilise out-of-control rent rises. The report released by the WA Make Renting Fair Alliance looked at rent increases across the state’s 59 lower house electorates since
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Report uncovers severe impact of renting in WA without minimum standards
A new report has exposed the unsafe and unfair realities of renting in Western Australia, where thelack of minimum standards leaves three in five renters living with mould and bearing the cost of homerepairs themselves. The WA Make Renting Fair Alliance (MRF) – a coalition of renters, service providers, peak housingbodies, and community organisations –
About Us
The Make Renting Fair campaign is a coalition of organisations fighting to tackle the rental crisis. Together we’ve won significant changes to the Residential Tenancies, but there is still more to do. We’re working to keep the pressure on to ensure we end no ground evictions and get minimum standards for renters in WA.
Our Alliance
The Make Renting Fair Alliance is a coalition of Western Australia’s peak housing bodies and stakeholders, and people who rent their home.
We are working together for secure, affordable and healthy homes for more than 700,000 West Australian renters. Find out more, including how to become a member: