Urgent and non-urgent disputes
The type of process you will need to undertake to resolve your residential property dispute will depend whether your dispute is defined as urgent or non-urgent.
Non-urgent disputes
Most residential tenancy disputes are non-urgent.
They can include a:
- dispute about a rental bond
- general dispute between parties
- breach of a conciliation agreement
- general dispute between sub-tenants and head tenants.
Read the process for resolving a non-urgent dispute.
There are some more serious disputes, such as:
- termination of a residential tenancy or rooming accommodation agreement due to
- repeated breaches
- excessive hardship
- objectionable behaviour
- damage or injury
- abandoned premises
- handling of abandoned goods or documents
- emergency repairs
- proposed or existing tenancy database listings
- entry to the premises
- caravan park issues, such as:
- exclusion of a person
- changes of park rules
- relocation within the park
- rooming accommodation issues, such as:
- house rules
- ending of agreements
- abandoned goods
- entry to the premises
- domestic violence issues
- determining whether an agreement is covered under the Residential Tenancies and Rooming and Accommodation Act 2008
- compensation
- warrants of possession.
Read the process for resolving an urgent dispute.
Further information
- Examples of QCAT decisions about residential tenancy matters after 1 December 2009
- Residential Tenancies Authority
- Tenant Advice and Advocacy Service
- Tenants’ Union of Queensland
- Property Owners’ Association of Queensland
- Real Estate Institute of Queensland