We expect our tenants to pay their rent on time and in full.

Our approach to managing rent debt focuses on helping tenants avoid falling too far behind.If a tenant misses a rent payment, we’ll get in touch quickly to understand why they have fallen behind and get back on track with their rent. Any missed rent must be repaid, and we can help put a reasonable repayment arrangement in place if needed.

We support households who fall on hard times but are making genuine attempts to get back on track with their rent. We’re a social housing landlord so that’s the right thing to do.

But we are drawing a line on how patient we can be.

We are taking a firm approach with the small number of tenants who are not meeting their obligations to reduce their rent debt, are skipping rent payments or refusing to work with us.

If this happens, we will take steps to end the tenancy.

Our approach seeks to ensure that tenants will not have accumulated more than 12 weeks’ worth of rent debt when their tenancy is ended to prevent large debts in the future.

This means we will begin the process of ending a tenancy earlier than in the past.

Rent Debt Policy POL-399 [PDF, 911 KB]

Partial rent debt reduction

A small number of tenants owed a significant amount of rent debt, and we helped a number of them get on top of it faster by reducing the amount owed to a level that is more realistic for them to repay in full.

This support was only offered to tenants who had 12 weeks’ worth of rent debt at the beginning of February 2025 and were consistently paying their rent and making reasonable payments to reduce their debt.

In return, tenants are expected to continue reducing what they owe and paying their rent on time and in full. If that doesn’t happen, we will take steps to end their tenancy.

Frequently asked questions

Rent debt management

*This table shows the latest 6 months' worth of data.

Rent arrears activity

Financial year ended 30 June 2025

July 2025

Aug 2025

Rent arrears activity

Customers with rent debt

Financial year ended 30 June 2025

6,270

July 2025

6,111

Aug 2025

5,642

Rent arrears activity

Percentage of customers in debt whose debt is reducing

Financial year ended 30 June 2025

81%

July 2025

81%

Aug 2025

83%

Rent arrears activity

Total rent debt owed ($m)

Financial year ended 30 June 2025

$6.89m

July 2025

$6.31m

Aug 2025

$5.81m

Rent arrears activity

Tenancy terminated due to obligations not being met

Financial year ended 30 June 2025

101

July 2025

11

Aug 2025

5

Page updated: 8 October 2025