Logan residents living in residential parks are set to benefit from new laws that will index rent increases and ban market rent reviews.
A Bethania resident and president of the Queensland Manufactured Home Owners Association, Roger Marshall, says the state government’s latest reforms are a step in the right direction, but fall short of what residents are asking for.
“Our association welcomes the reforms and amendments. They will go quite a way to addressing some of our concerns… and will offer greater protection to home owners in several respects,” he said.
The government last Friday passed laws that will limit rent increases for sites in residential parks to the higher of CPI or 3.5 per cent, as well as the introduction of an opt-in buyback and site reduction scheme for homes on the market for more than 18 months.
Residential park home owners own their own home and rent the land from a park owner.
Mr Marshall said site rent increases and unsold manufactured homes were common causes of disputes in residential parks.
There are almost 4000 manufactured homes across Logan, and more than 23,000 across the entire state.
The government predicts the state-wide figure will increase by 10,000 over the next decade.
The Minister for Housing, Local Government, Planning and Minister for Public Works, Meaghan Scanlon, said the new reforms would “bring confidence for both park owners and residents”.
“These reforms will bring cost of living relief and certainty for the thousands of manufactured home park residents across Queensland,” she said.
