Queensland to limit residential rent increases to once a year

The Queensland government is expected to go ahead with a plan to cap time frames for rent increases. Photo: AAP

Tenants will only see their rent raised once a year in Queensland under a limit being proposed by the state government to ease pressure on the housing market.

Queensland landlords can raise a tenant’s rent once every six months, but Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk wants to limit that to once a year.