Tenant Information

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Federal Requirements

To be eligible to tenant an NRAS property your income must correspond with the Federal Government's household income limits for tenant eligibility and the upper household income limits for maintaining eligibility, as at 1 May 2009. They are as follows:

Household Types	Annual income limit for initial tenant eligibility	Upper income limit for maintaining eligibility
One adult	$41,514	$51,892
Two adults	$57,391	$71,739
Three adults	$73,268	$91,585
Four adults	$89,145	$111,431
Sole parent with 1 child	$57,432	$71,790
Sole parent with 2 children	$71,200	$89,000
Sole parent with 3 children	$84,968	$106,210
Couple with 1 child	$71,159	$88,949
Couple with 2 children	$84,927	$106,159
Couple with 3 children	$98,695	$123,369

This list is not an exhaustive list and other household compositions may be eligible to rent NRAS dwellings if their gross household income for the previous 12 months is within the initial income limit as calculated using the formula as set out in Regulation 19.

When calculating incoming NRAS eligibility for household types not covered above, please use the formula below:

Person Type                    Income Level
First single adult            $41,514
Each additional adult      $15,877
Each child                    $13,768
First sole parent            $43,664

Please note that tenant income is able to increase by 25 per cent before tenant eligibility is impacted.

State Requirements Queensland

To be eligible to tenant an NRAS property in Queensland, you must also fulfil the following household eligibility criteria determined by the State Government:

• You must be an Australian citizen, have permanent residency or have been issued with a temporary protection or bridging visa.
• You must be a Queensland resident or provide evidence of a definite need to move to Queensland.
• You or your household members must not own or part-own property within Australia or overseas. This includes residential or commercial property, land, mobile home or caravan.
• Your household’s combined liquid assets, meaning money in the bank, shares, investments and superannuation payouts, must not exceed $71,937 for single person or $89,375 for two or more household members.
• You must have an independent income of a least $174 per week.

Note: Gross income is taken into account in deriving household income.

New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia

Requirements for these states will be uploaded soon.

Maintaining Eligibility

To maintain eligibility, as a tenant in the Scheme, the household income of tenants can increase above the initial income limits by 25 per cent, which corresponds to the upper income limit.

A tenant ceases to be eligible when income exceeds the upper income limit in two consecutive years.

Assessing Continuing Eligibility

Tenants will be required to advise the property manager of a change in circumstances that would result in them no longer being eligible as tenants.

Continuing eligibility will be assessed by 30 April each year by the property manager.

Where an annual review indicates that a tenant’s income for the current year exceeded the upper income limit levels for maintaining eligibility, they will be given an adjustment period of 12 months before their eligibility ceases.

In these situations, at the discretion of the portfolio owners, the tenant may stay in the dwelling at the end of the adjustment period but pay market rent, provided that an appropriate dwelling is substituted into the portfolio in its place.

Application Process

To apply in each state, apart from Queensland, contact the Property Manager directly listed by the property you are interested in.

To apply in Queensland please complete the application form, which can be found on the Department of Housing website.

Please lodge this application form with the Department of Housing. The Queensland Affordable Housing Coalition will be in contact with the Department when NRAS tenants are required.

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