On this page:

• Insurance statement: required from 27 August 2019
• Insulation statement: required from 1 July 2016
• Healthy homes compliance statement

Insurance statement

Since 27 August 2019, landlords must provide insurance information in any new tenancy agreement, including whether or not the property is insured, and the excess amount of any policies relevant to the tenant’s liability for destruction or damage.

If the rental property is part of a body corporate, landlords will need to include insurance information that is relevant to the tenant’s liability for damage of both the rental property itself, and the shared facilities.

Landlords will also need to include a statement informing tenants that a copy of each insurance policy for the property is available on request, unless copies have already been provided.

They also have to tell tenants if this information changes within a reasonable time.

Insurance statement template [PDF, 811 KB]

Insulation statement

Since 1 July 2016, landlords have needed to provide an insulation statement in all new tenancy agreements. If you are renewing an existing tenancy agreement it’s a good idea to include the insulation statement.

Since 1 July 2019, all rental properties must have ceiling and underfloor insulation where it is reasonably practicable to install.

Current insulation regulations

This statement must include:

• whether there is insulation in the rental home
• where it is in the walls, ceiling and underfloor
• what type of insulation it is
• what condition the insulation is in.

Landlords can use our insulation statement template. This will meet all the requirements for insulation disclosure under the Residential Tenancies Act 1986. Landlords can also attach an assessment from a professional to the tenancy agreement. This will only count as an insulation statement if:

• it includes all required information
• it is signed by the landlord.

Otherwise, the landlord can use the information from the professional assessment to complete the insulation statement.

The insulation statement must include all of the required information for insulation that is in the walls, ceiling and underfloor space of the rental.

Where a landlord cannot find the required information for a specific insulation (for example, the walls) they must include the following information in their insulation statement:

• describe the information that the landlord cannot find
• explain why the landlord has not been able to find the information
• confirm that the landlord has made all reasonable efforts to find the information.
• Landlords could be liable for a penalty of up to $500 if they don’t include a complete insulation statement, or if they include anything they know to be false or misleading.

Insulation statement template [PDF, 851 KB]

Healthy homes standards compliance statement

From 1 December 2020, most new or renewed tenancy agreements must include specific information about the rental's current level of compliance with the healthy homes standards.

Use our online tool to find out if you need to include the healthy homes compliance statement in your new or renewed tenancy.

Download the compliance statement template [PDF, 421 KB]

Find out more about what's required in the statement.

Updating the heating standard section of the compliance statement

If a landlord has already completed the healthy homes compliance statement with the tenancy agreement and is choosing to now use the new heating formula, they will need to provide updated information to tenants.

Landlords can use this template to provide the new information to the tenant. This will update the heating standard section in the healthy homes compliance statement.

Download the compliance statement template update [PDF, 55 KB]

Healthy homes standards 'intent to comply statement'

From 1 July 2019, landlords must include a statement in new, renewed or varied tenancy agreements that confirms:

• that on and after the start of the tenancy, the landlord will comply with the healthy homes standards as required by either section 45(1)(bb) – Residential Tenancies, or section 66I(1)(bb) – Boarding House Tenancies, of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986, or
• that the landlord already complies with the healthy homes standards as required by either section 45(1)(bb) – Residential Tenancies, or section 66I(1)(bb) – Boarding House Tenancies, of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986.

The ‘intent to comply’ statement is included in our healthy homes standards compliance statement, the residential tenancy agreement template and the boarding house tenancy agreement template. It can be combined with the insulation statement and provided with one signature.

Use the relevant healthy homes statement template to make sure you’re using the correct wording:

Healthy homes standards compliance statement [PDF, 421 KB]

Residential tenancy agreement template [PDF, 556 KB]

Boarding house tenancy agreement template [PDF, 400 KB]

Insulation statement [PDF, 851 KB]