Visitors
The following information is for Queensland public housing tenants.
Visitors can stay in your public housing property, but those who stay longer than 4 weeks are considered to have joined your household and their income will be included when working out your rent.
If they are staying for more than 4 weeks, you need to tell us:
- their names
- the date they arrived
- how long they’re going to visit.
Your rent doesn’t change if your visitors stay less than 4 weeks.
It is a breach of your tenancy to sublet the public housing property – or part of the property – to people, including visitors using shared economy services, such as Airbnb and Stayz.
Visitor behaviour
As the tenant, you’re responsible for the behaviour of your household members and visitors.
Please ensure that your household members and visitors don’t disturb the reasonable peace, comfort and privacy of your neighbours.
We may issue you a warning and ‘Notice to remedy breach’ if you, your household members or visitors breach any of your tenancy agreement terms.
Visitors must not park in the car spaces provided for tenants in unit complexes. They must park on the street or in car parks allocated for visitors.
Regular visitors
If you have a visitor/s who regularly stays at the home, and the period of their stays adds up to more than 4 weeks, they may be considered a permanent member of your household and their income included when working out your rent.
Please talk to staff at your Housing Service Centre about visitors who regularly stay at your home.
Notifying us of changes
Under your State tenancy agreement, you must tell us about any changes to your household within 28 days of the change occurring.
If you don’t tell us about your visitors who stay for more than 4 weeks, you will be in breach of your tenancy.
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