‘Doesn’t make any sense’: call for Queensland home park rent caps to apply to all tenants

Queensland tenants advocates say ‘Why is it that the government will consider [rent caps] with manufactured home residents but … not residential tenants?’ Photograph: Darren England/AAP

It’s “unfair” that a proposed rent cap for Queensland manufactured home park residents will not be considered for tenants in the wider private housing market, advocates say.

Manufactured home parks are marketed as retirement villages for those over 50, where residents lease the land from the park owner, with rent going towards shared facilities and utilities.