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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

Queensland real estate body tells landlords how to skirt new no-grounds eviction laws

A for lease sign is displayed in front of a house with a 'leased' sticker over the top. The house has a dark grey picket fence and there is a large tree in the small front garden
The Real Estate Institute of Queensland said the new rental laws left the organisation no choice but to recommend agents circumvent no-grounds eviction rules. Photograph: Paul Miller/AAP

Queensland’s peak real estate body has recommended property managers issue every tenant with a notice to leave at the same time as they are offered a new lease, as a way of circumventing the state’s new no-grounds eviction laws.

Renters who spoke to Guardian Australia criticised the recommendation, which they said has left them shocked and worried about their future.

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