VIC: Residential Tenancies Act Section 30 Renters with Children

Renters with children

(1) A person must not— (a) refuse to let rented premises; or (b) instruct or permit that person's agent to refuse to let rented premises— to another person under a residential rental agreement on the ground that the other person intends to live on the premises with a child. Penalty: 25 penalty units.

(2) This section does not apply to—

(a) premises proposed to be let by a public statutory authority or body corporate for which the authority or body receives financial assistance for the provision of housing for lone persons or childless couples under an Act or an Act of the Commonwealth; or

(b) premises that are the principal place of residence of the person refusing or instructing or permitting that person's agent to refuse to let the premises to a person intending to live with a child; or

(c) premises that by reason of their design or location are unsuitable or inappropriate for occupation by a child.

(3) Subject to subsection (3A), a person who claims that premises are not, by reason of their design or location, unsuitable or inappropriate for occupation by a child may apply to the Tribunal for an order declaring whether or not the premises are unsuitable or inappropriate for occupation by a child. (3A) A person must not apply to the Tribunal under subsection (3) if the person has brought a dispute under Part 8 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 in respect of a claim or facts which could form the basis of an application under subsection (3). (4) In this section child means a child under 16 years of age.