When rent out your property, you want the right tenants. You want great tenants, ones who will look after your property as if it were their own, and pay the rent on time. Figuring out who those perfect tenants are can be a bit tricky, as you cannot chose tenants based on personally characteristics, and can only look at an applicants history.
In Victoria it is against the law to discriminate on areas such as: (Taken from Consumer Affairs Victoria )
- age
- carer status, family responsibilities, parental status
- disability (including physical, sensory and intellectual disability, work related injury, medical conditions, mental, psychological and learning disabilities)
- employment activity
- gender identity, lawful sexual activity, sexual orientation
- industrial activity
- marital status
- physical features
- political belief or activity
- pregnancy, breastfeeding
- race (including colour, nationality, ethnicity and ethnic origin)
- religious belief or activity
- sex
- personal association with someone who has, or is assumed to have, one of these personal characteristics.
Children
Some landlords like to have children (under age 16) in their property - parents tend to be stable tenants and don't like to move frequently. Whereas, some landlords aren't happy about having children in the property. However, be aware that you cannot refuse children in your property, unless:
- property is the landlord’s main residence
- property’s location and design make it unsuitable for occupation by a child.
So you can see how it can be easy to accidentally discriminate if you are not fully versed in discrimination law. Have you been close to making a mistake when it comes to choosing tenants?
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