NSW Protection from Site Agreement Termination for Residential Land Lease Community Residents

Residential (Land Lease) Communities Amendment Bill 2024

6 Aug 2024: Passed by Parliament and signed off by the governor.

This bill kicks in: TBA

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

Assent

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Topics

home maintenance housing land lease communities residential sites tenancy agreements

Introduced by: The Hon Anoulack Chanthivong MP (ALP); The Hon Penny Sharpe MLC (ALP)

Links to official parliament websites

Official page: progress through parliament

Official page: bill text and explanatory notes

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

Operators of residential land lease communities cannot terminate a site agreement just because a site has not been used as a residence for 3 years.
Community operators can only order a home owner to fix significant dilapidation if the operator reasonably believes the home owner caused the damage.

The Debate

What different members said when this bill was debated:

Mark Buttigieg ALP

“Scott Farlow, Ms Cate Faehrmann and the Hon. Bob Nanva. I commend the bill to the House.”

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News articles and press releases

Residential (Land Lease) Communities Amendment Bill 2024

Mr ANOULACK CHANTHIVONG, Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading — 2024-05-14

The bill will benefit operators and residents in residential land lease communities as it will make site fee increases using the "fixed" method easier to understand and predict for home owners and require site fee increases made using the "by notice" method to include more information about the reason for the increase. It will improve home owners’ enjoyment of their home by, for example, allowing them to make certain minor changes to their homes without operator consent. It will introduce a new price cap for electricity charges in communities with embedded networks for electricity so that residents and operators have more certainty about energy prices. It will bring greater transparency to communities by, for example, requiring operators to give information to residents about proposed developments in the community that may impact them.