Renters would have unlimited, rent-controlled leases and be able to hang paintings, paint walls, keep pets and stay put even if the property was sold under a Queensland Greens policy.
The Queensland Renters' Rights plan, due to be announced on Thursday, would mean renters would have access to unlimited leases which they could terminate with three months' notice without a reason.
Landlords would have to give 12 months' notice if they wanted to evict the renter and only on "reasonable grounds".
These include if the landlord or their family member wanted to live in the property, or if the landlord wanted to make "appropriate commercial" use of the land.
That would not include the landlord wanting to sell as the tenant would have the right to continue their lease if someone else bought the property.
If there was a serious breach of the lease, such as non-payment of rent, the landlord could terminate with three months' notice.
Landlords would only be able to increase rents every 24 months outside of fixed term leases and only by a rate determined by the Residential Tenancy Authority, which would base increases on CPI and median wage growth.
Tenants would be given rights to make minor renovations without permission such as putting nails in the wall, painting rooms or putting up shelving.
Landlords would be required to maintain properties to minimum standards, including being weatherproof, having a private bathroom, designated kitchen area, adequate ventilation or appropriate cooling and heating systems.
Tenants would also have the right to have a pet in their rental property.
Fixed term leases would be abolished unless the landlord had future legitimate projects such as occupying it themselves, redevelopment or renovations or where a tenant had specifically requested a fixed-term lease.
In Brisbane, 36.9 per cent of households are rented, compared to 34.2 per cent in Queensland.
Greens candidate for McConnel Kirsten Lovejoy said renters had been "screwed over" for so long they assumed that was normal.
"Unfair rent hikes and evictions, unsafe and unhealthy dwellings, unable to own a pet or hang a picture, all the while not knowing if they will have to move when their lease is up in 12 or six months," she said.
"Under our plan, renters will have the right to remain in their home even if the property is sold. Because as Darryl Kerrigan said in The Castle, 'it's not just a house, it's a home'."
The Greens policy will be in play in the unlikely event the party wins government at the next election, or it will be pushed from the crossbench if they win seats.
Berlin has unlimited leases and Paris has similar forms of rent control.
During the 2016 federal election campaign, the Greens said they wanted a new national body to protect the rights of renters and improve the standard of rental properties.
The national body aimed to enforce minimum standards for properties, make it harder to evict tenants with little notice, usher in the option of leases longer than 12 months, and investigate ways to make rent "more stable and fair" by considering restrictions on increases.
The next Queensland election is due by May 2018.
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