Reforms on the State’s residential parks sector have been developed by the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy, with the public encouraged to have its say on the proposals.
These include changes to annual site rent increases at residential parks, prohibiting market rent reviews and requiring park comparisons to be published on operators’ websites.
The Department said the proposals aimed to increase transparency and protect manufactured home-owners from unfair business practices “so we are particularly keen to hear from owners of manufactured homes and operators of residential parks”.
“Residential parks are typically marketed as lifestyle communities for people aged over 50 and as an affordable alternative to retirement villages,” it said.
“In residential parks, home-owners buy their manufactured home, but rent the land it is on from a park owner.”
Minister for Communities, Leeanne Enoch said she was determined to ensure residential parks were great places to live for the tens of thousands of Queenslanders who called them home.
“Last year we released an issues paper and a home-owner survey to better understand the issues relating to site rent increases and the sale of homes in residential parks,” Ms Enoch said.
“The information provided in response to the paper has been used to get to the heart of these issues and develop reform proposals.”
She said the Government had made a commitment to address these issues through the Queensland Housing and Homelessness Action Plan 2021-2025.
