abc.net.au/news/queensland-residential-parks-pensioners-peak-government-reform/102340396The state government is considering implementing a rent cap in residential parks as the Queensland peak body for residents says people are experiencing housing stress due to unfair business practices.
"The majority of people living in the parks are either fully or partly dependent on the age pension and the rents in most of the parks take up well over 30 per cent of the age pension." "Both of those generally result in increases which are well above the increases in the age pension and people's income," he said.
Housing Minister Leeanne Enoch said the changes were aimed at providing more transparency in the industry and giving residents greater protection.
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