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Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Tenancy agreements - Key money, bonds, and rents

22G: Landlord must not invite or encourage bids for rent

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"Landlords can't ask you to pay more rent than advertised"

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You are looking for a place to rent. A landlord must not ask you to pay more rent than they advertised. They cannot encourage you to offer more rent than stated, as per section 22F(1). If you want to offer more rent, that is up to you, but the landlord cannot ask for it. If a landlord breaks this rule, they do something unlawful.

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Part 2Tenancy agreements
Key money, bonds, and rents

22GLandlord must not invite or encourage bids for rent

  1. A landlord must not invite or encourage a prospective tenant or any other person to offer to pay an amount of rent for residential premises that exceeds the amount of rent stated as part of the advertisement or offer of the premises in accordance with section 22F(1).

  2. Subsection (1) does not prohibit a prospective tenant or other person from offering to pay an amount that exceeds the stated amount of rent.

  3. A landlord who contravenes subsection (1) commits an unlawful act.

Notes
  • Section 22G: inserted, on , by section 17 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 59).