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Using rental notices and the breach process - Landlord bulletin issue 13 (September 2017)

22 September 2017 Your tenant is late paying the rent, so what action can you take? You have received a complaint about your tenant’s antisocial behaviour, or suspect that there are extra people...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
27 Feb 2018

Maintenance of your rental property - Who is responsible?: Landlord bulletin issue 12 (September 2017)

14 September 2017 Your tenant notifies you the hot water system at your rental property is broken or the sprinkler head is broken, what would you do? If you want to avoid an all-too-common...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
14 Sep 2017

Cannabis house factsheet

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Eastern states criminals target Perth landlords South-East Asian crime gangs, based in the eastern states, are renting Perth homes and turning them into indoor cannabis farms – dozens of homes have...
Consumer Protection
Fact sheet
06 Sep 2017

Mould and your rental property: Landlord bulletin issue 10 (August 2017)

Consumer Protection receives many enquiries from tenants about the presence of mould in their rental properties. The tenants are often concerned about the impact of the mould on their health, and the...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
29 Aug 2017

Landlady to pay $11,907 for illegally changing locks: Landlord bulletin issue 8 (July 2017)

28 July 2017 Landlady illegally changes locks on sick elderly tenant (Marlene Pavlovich) A landlady who entered a rental property illegally to conduct renovations and changed the locks while the...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
08 Sep 2017

Fire sparks concern over the dangers of cannabis grow-houses: Landlord bulletin issue 9 (August 2017)

16 August 2017 A fire which damaged a rental property in Orelia has sparked concern about the dangers posed by cannabis grow-houses when the power to the home is by-passed. About 1.30pm on 15 July...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
13 Sep 2017

Statutory review of the Residential Parks (Long-stay Tenants) Act 2006 DRIS

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DECISION REGULATORY IMPACT STATEMENT The recommendations detailed in this paper represent the Department’s final recommendations to Government arising from the statutory review process. A summary of...
Consumer Protection
Consultations / public comment
24 Aug 2017

Prevent injury to tenants and damage claims - ceiling collapse warning signs: : Landlord bulletin issue 7 (July 2017)

21 July 2017 A ceiling collapse can cause serious injury to anyone present at the time of collapse and it can also cause extensive damage to a room’s contents and structure. Repairing a ceiling costs...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
17 Aug 2017

Legislation changes: Landlord bulletin issue 6 (June 2017)

28 June 2017 Be aware - changes to the law Be aware - changes to the law On 3 July 2017, changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 and the Residential Tenancies Regulations 1989 will come into...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
30 Jun 2017

Tenancy protections being considered for boarders and lodgers: Landlord bulletin issue 5 (June 2017)

14 June 2017 Consumer Protection is seeking community and Industry feedback about whether new laws should be introduced to regulate boarding and lodging in WA. Boarders and lodgers are currently not...
Consumer Protection
Bulletin
15 Jun 2017

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Announcements

Landlord fined $24,000 for tenancy law breaches (Carl Olsen)

A landlord who spent tenants’ security bonds, harassed a tenant and took too much rent money up front, has been fined $24,000 after Consumer Protection prosecuted him for breaching tenancy laws. 37-year-old Carl Raymond Olsen of Meekatharra, who owned and leased out a property in High Wycombe during 2013 and 2014, failed to appear at the Midland Magistrates Court to face charges on 27 October...
Consumer Protection
Media release
29 Oct 2015

Real estate agent fined for late deposit of rent cash (Chukwudi Nnamdi Ejindu / Black Swan Real Estate)

A real estate agent has been reprimanded and fined $3,000 by the State Administrative Tribunal for failing to exercise due skill, care and diligence over the depositing and recording of payments from tenants. Chukwudi Nnamdi Ejindu , trading as Black Swan Real Estate of Landsdale, had accepted 13 cash payments from tenants between January 2013 and June 2014 and held them in his office safe. It...
Consumer Protection
Media release
22 Oct 2015

Suspension and fine for agent over trust account misuse (Christopher Fyson / Vasad Pty Ltd)

A Kalgoorlie real estate agency and its licensee have been reprimanded, fined $8,000 and the agent suspended from holding a licence and triennial certificate for nine months by the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) after making an illegal withdrawal from the agency’s trust account. Vasad Pty Ltd , trading as Fyson & Associates , and its licensee Christopher Hugh Fyson faced disciplinary...
Consumer Protection
Media release
23 Sep 2015

Commissioner's Blog - Mould a growing issue for tenants in winter

With Commissioner for Consumer Protection Anne Driscoll In July 2014 Consumer Protection saw a growth in mould issues, raised mostly by tenants but also by landlords and property managers in WA. The seasonal spike, also seen in 2013, can be attributed to cooler, wetter weather and means we’re expecting similar figures around now and in the months up to October. Mould is a fungus that thrives on...
Consumer Protection
Department News
11 Aug 2015

Commissioner's Blog: Toppling furniture can kill kids – anchor it!

With Commissioner for Consumer Protection Anne Driscoll... In the last 15 years at least 14 children under nine years old have died from domestic furniture falling on them in Australia. Anyone who has been around small children will know that they like to climb on furniture, however if freestanding items such as bookcases, drawers or wardrobes fall, they can trap, crush or suffocate a child...
Consumer Protection
Department News
24 Jul 2015

Fire risk for homes and businesses with inferior electric cabling

Some WA homes and business premises may be facing a serious fire risk if they have had sub-standard electrical cabling installed which is not replaced soon. In August last year, the inferior cabling imported by Infinity Cable Co Pty Ltd (in liquidation) was the subject of a national recall, with about 40,000 homes and businesses believed to be affected throughout Australia. The cabling does not...
Building and Energy
Media release
17 Jun 2015

Huge demand for iRentWA app helping tenants

July 2020: Please note the iRentWA app is no longer supported. The Renting a home section of this website continues to be WA consumers’ go-to place for all renting information. Only four months after its official launch, Consumer Protection’s iRentWA smartphone app is proving extremely popular with WA tenants. So far the app has been downloaded by 4,175 iPhone and Android phone users, giving them...
Consumer Protection
Media release
29 Jan 2015

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