Tenants Queensland (formerly Tenants’ Union of Queensland) was established in 1986 and seeks to represent the concerns of all Queensland tenants who live in rental accommodation, including caravan park and boarding house residents.
For many years Tenants Queensland has performed an important role for Queensland tenants; providing specialist advice services for tenants, advocating on behalf of tenants, and securing improvements to Queensland’s residential tenancy laws.
Our vision is a society where renting is a secure tenure and tenants can understand and exercise their rights and responsibilities under tenancy law.
We aim to improve conditions for residential tenants by assisting tenants to understand and exercise their legal rights and advocate their concerns.
Tenants Queensland provides a range of tenancy information and advocacy services including: a statewide telephone advice service for tenants, tenancy publications, a tenancy law training program, and tenancy law research and policy development.
Tenants Queensland operates a specialist legal service for tenancy law matters that is funded under the State and Commonwealth Community Legal Services Program.
Tenants Queensland also manages and delivers the Queensland Statewide Tenant Advice and Referral Service (QSTARS) which provides a statewide advice service for Queensland renters. This program is funded by the Queensland government.
Tenants Queensland has a statewide office in Brisbane and operates regional QSTARS offices in collaboration with partner organisations.
In reply to Carol: thanks for visiting our listing and yes we do lots of free individual tenancy advice for all renters in Queensland. My role as Community Engagement/Educator is out and about in the community informing people of our organisation and service and helping tenants to understand their tenancy rights and responsibilities. Tenants Qld was also instrumental in recent tenancy law reforms and are part of an ongoing campaign titled "Make Renting Fair".