Your rights and responsibilities as a tenant of community housing
As a tenant of community housing, you have a number of rights and responsibilities.
Your rights as a tenant
Most of your rights are defined in the Residential Tenancies Act 2010. These rights include things like:
- getting repairs made to your home
- the amount of notice your housing provider must give you before they inspect your home
- what your provider needs to do if they wish to end or change your tenancy.
Importantly, the Residential Tenancies Act also ensures that your housing provider must respect your privacy.
Your community housing provider's responsibilities
Your community housing provider has a number of responsibilities in how they handle your tenancy.
See Community housing providers' responsibilities to learn more about them.
Your responsibilities as a tenant
In addition to your rights, as a tenant of community housing you have a number of responsibilities. These include:
- paying your rent on time
- keeping your property clean and tidy
- reporting any repairs needed to your housing provider as soon as they occur.
Being a good neighbour
Equally important is your responsibility to help keep the place you live in safe and pleasant. This means the people living in your home and/or your visitors do not cause a nuisance or annoyance to your neighbours.
Similarly, it is your neighbours’ responsibility to ensure that they do not cause you a nuisance or annoyance.