The healthy homes standards introduce specific and minimum standards for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture ingress and drainage, and draught stopping in rental properties.

The healthy homes standards became law on 1 July 2019. Private rentals must comply within 120 days of any new or renewed tenancy after 28 August 2022, with all private rentals complying by 1 July 2025.

Between 1 July 2021 and 1 July 2025, all private rentals must comply with the healthy homes standards within certain timeframes depending on when the new tenancy starts or is renewed.

Compliance timeframes decision tool (external link)— Tenancy Services

Unit titles partial exemption

If a rental property is part of building and the landlord does not own the entire building (i.e. they own a unit title), the landlord will be partially exempt from complying with parts of the standards if their ability to comply with the healthy homes standards is not possible because:

• they need to install or provide something in a part of the building where the landlord is not the sole owner, or
• they need access to a part of the building that they are not the sole owner.

Landlords must still take all reasonable steps to ensure the rental property or building complies with the healthy homes standards as much as is reasonably practicable.

Find out more about the healthy homes standards on the Tenancy Services website.
Exemptions to the healthy homes standards(external link) — Tenancy Services