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What’s happening with rent caps around Australia
Australian Community Media
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7/8/2025
As rents continue to rise across Australia, several states have debated or introduced limits on how much landlords can increase rent. This video includes ACM-produced voiceover powered by AI.
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Renters now make up a third of Aussie households and with a housing crisis to contend with,
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rent caps have become an important topic.
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The idea is simple, limit how much landlords can increase rent each year to help renters
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stay afloat, but each state and territory is handling the issue differently.
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The ACT currently has the strictest cap limiting rent hikes to 110% of inflation unless justified.
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Do you think it's not working in the ACT or it is working in the ACT?
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Well, all of the evidence that I've read around the ACT says what's working is adding to supply,
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which is what we're being told the solution is right across the country.
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Queensland briefly explored similar measures before backing down due to pressure from property
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groups.
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Victoria has ruled them out entirely for now, while New South Wales and South Australia
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continue to debate the pros and cons.
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Rent caps support say they provide relief and reduce housing insecurity and stop aggressive
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rent gouging.
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But critics argue they discourage investment in rental housing and could worsen supply issues.
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Landlords are not super wealthy people.
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It's not really fair on them if they've invested in their property in good faith to then have
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their rights removed.
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At the federal level, the Albanese government has instead focused on other measures to address
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housing affordability.
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In the latest federal budget, it increased the maximum rent assistance rates by 10% and
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has additionally committed to a $33 billion housing investment plan aimed at building more
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homes more quickly and making them easier to buy.
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What we've done is provide the incentive to state and territory governments to make sure those
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approvals happen, to make sure homes and units get built because there's a financial incentive
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for them to achieve their targets.
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