Bill
Freeze on Rent and Rate Increases Bill 2023
lapsed, as at 2025-07-21.
- Sponsor
- Faruqi
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-06-19
- second reading — 2023-06-19
- second reading — 2023-10-18
- other — 2025-07-21
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-06-19.
The bill would create a national pause on rent and interest rate rises.
The Commonwealth would work with state governments to stop rent increases for two years, then limit them after that, and end evictions without a stated reason.
The bill's sponsor says rents are rising at the fastest rate ever recorded and that renters are paying an extra $10 billion a year in rent.
- Stops rent increases nationwide for two years.
- Caps rent increases after the two-year freeze ends.
- Bans no-grounds evictions.
Renters, landlords, and state governments are affected.
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