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42 established claims - 2 refused by the grounding gate

Documented position24

What the body that runs or defines the thing says in its own documentation.

A Victorian rooming house is defined by Consumer Affairs Victoria as a building where four or more people can live in rented rooms.

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A rooming house is a building where four or more people can live in rented rooms, some of which might be shared.

Consumer Affairs Victoria states that a Victorian rooming house is different from a share house.

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The rooming house is managed by a rooming house operator and individual residents usually have separate agreements with the operator.
It is different to a share house, where everyone signs the same agreement.

Consumer Affairs Victoria states that a Victorian rooming house operator can decide who can live in the property without consulting the residents.

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The operator can decide who can live in the property without consulting the residents.

Victorian rooming house operators must comply with minimum standards relating to privacy, security, safety and amenity.

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Rooming house operators must comply with minimum standards relating to:
privacy
security
safety, and
amenity.

The Victorian rooming house minimum standards apply to a resident who has…

  • a rooming house agreement.
  • an individual rental agreement.
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The minimum standards apply to a rooming house and its rooms whether the resident has a rooming house agreement or an individual rental agreement.

A door used to enter or exit a resident's room in a Victorian rooming house must be fitted with a lock operated by a key from the outside that can be unlocked from inside without a key.

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Any door used to enter or exit from a resident’s room must be fitted with a lock that is operated by a key from the outside and can be unlocked from inside without a key.

Victorian rooming house operators must provide one washing machine in good working order for every 12 or fewer residents.

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The rooming house operator must also provide one washing machine, that is in good working order, for every 12 or fewer residents.

All gas installations, fixtures or fittings in a Victorian rooming house must be checked at least once every two years by a licensed gas fitter.

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All gas installations, fixtures or fittings must be checked at least once every two years by a licensed gas fitter.

A Victorian rooming house must be…

  • structurally sound.
  • weatherproof.
  • free from mould and damp caused by or related to the building structure.
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A rooming house must be structurally sound and weatherproof.
A rooming house must also be free from mould and damp caused by or related to the building structure.
  • Victorian rooming houses must be registered with the local council.
  • The local council may inspect Victorian rooming houses against the Public Health and Wellbeing (Prescribed Accommodation) Regulations 2020.
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Rooming houses must be registered with the local council. The council may inspect the rooming house to see if it meets the standards set out in the Public Health and Wellbeing (Prescribed Accommodation) Regulations 2020 .

Consumer Affairs Victoria states that to date no rooming house owner in Victoria has been granted an exemption from the rooming house minimum standards.

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To date, no rooming house owner in Victoria has been granted an exemption.
In exceptional circumstances, the Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria may exempt a rooming house owner from some standards in the Regulations.

Tenants Victoria states that…

  • Victorian rooming house operators must display their licence in a prominent place at the front entrance of the rooming house.
  • it is an offence if Victorian rooming house operators do not display their licence in a prominent place at the front entrance of the rooming house.
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Rooming house operators must display their licence in a prominent place at the front entrance of the rooming house. It is an offence if they do not display it.

A Victorian rooming house operator must give at least 28 days' notice before the end of a fixed term rooming house agreement when giving a notice to vacate for that reason.

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A fixed term rooming house agreement is coming to an end .
28 days before the end of the fixed-term agreement.

A Victorian rooming house operator can give an immediate notice to vacate if the resident or their visitors seriously disrupt the peace and quiet of other residents.

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The resident or their visitors seriously disrupt the peace and quiet of other residents.
Immediately

A Victorian rooming house operator must apply for and be granted a licence before they can start operating a rooming house.

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Rooming house operators must apply for, and be granted, a licence before they can start operating a rooming house.
Rooming house operators licensing scheme - Consumer Affairs Victoria

A successful Victorian rooming house operator licence application results in a licence for three years.

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If your application is successful, you will receive a licence for three years.
Rooming house operators licensing scheme - Consumer Affairs Victoria

A Victorian rooming house operator whose licence renewal application is unsuccessful must issue a 120-day notice to vacate under section 91ZZM or section 142ZR of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997.

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If your application for a renewal of a licence is unsuccessful, you must issue a 120-day notice to vacate under section 91ZZM or section 142ZR of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 (as appropriate) within the required time.
Rooming house operators licensing scheme - Consumer Affairs Victoria

The holder of a Victorian rooming house operator licence can operate multiple premises under a single licence.

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The holder of a rooming house operator licence can operate multiple premises under a single licence. They do not need a separate licence for each registered rooming house premises they operate.
Rooming house operators licensing scheme - Consumer Affairs Victoria

Practical effect2

What is observed to happen in practice, as distinct from what is documented.

Consumer Affairs Victoria states that…

  • each resident of a Victorian rooming house usually has a separate agreement with the operator.
  • in a share house everyone signs the same agreement.
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The rooming house is managed by a rooming house operator and individual residents usually have separate agreements with the operator.
It is different to a share house, where everyone signs the same agreement.

Changed on11

A dated change. This is where advice quietly stops being true.

From 1 December 2030, Victorian rooming house operators will be required to provide an energy efficient fixed heater secured to a wall, floor or ceiling in each resident's room.

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Further changes relating to heating standards will commence from 1 December 2030 when rooming house operators will be required to provide an energy efficient fixed heater secured to a wall, floor or ceiling in each resident’s room.

Since 1 December 2025, Victorian rooming house operators must install a fixed heater secured to a wall, floor or ceiling of each resident's room.

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Since 1 December 2025, rooming house operators must install a fixed heater secured to a wall, floor or ceiling of each resident’s room.
  • A new rooming house heating minimum standard requires a fixed heater for each resident's room.
  • The new rooming house heating minimum standard takes effect on 1 December 2025.
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1 December 2025
New rooming house minimum standard – heating standard for rooming houses
All rooming house providers must install a fixed heater secured to a wall, floor or ceiling for each resident’s room.

From 26 February 2025, a window…

  • in a Victorian rooming house resident's room must be fitted with a window covering.
  • covering fitted to a window in a Victorian rooming house resident's room must reasonably block light.
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From 26 February 2025 , a window in a resident’s room must be fitted with a window covering that also reasonably blocks light.

From 26 February 2024, the two power outlets required in a Victorian rooming house resident's room must be…

  • freely available for the resident's use.
  • in addition to any outlets already used to power amenities by the operator.
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A resident’s room must have at least two power outlets in working order. From 26 February 2024 , these power outlets must be freely available for use by the resident and are in addition to any other power outlets already used to power amenities by the rooming house operator.

The Victorian rooming house operators licensing scheme…

  • was established under the Rooming House Operators Act 2016.
  • came into effect on 26 April 2017.
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The rooming house operators licensing scheme, established under the Rooming House Operators Act 2016 , came into effect on 26 April 2017.
Rooming house operators licensing scheme - Consumer Affairs Victoria

Sections 87 to 93 of the Rooming House Operators Act 2016 commenced on 26 April 2017.

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Rooming House Operators Act 2016, No. 26/2016
Commencement Date: Ss 87–93 on 26.4.17: Special Gazette (No. 57) 7.3.17: p. 1

Repeated, with no primary source in reach5

Widely repeated in the field. Within the documents this sweep read, it traces only to other repetitions - which is a fact about our reading as well as about the idea, until each one has been searched for on its own.

  • An $800,000 Melbourne house that generates $550 per week as a single tenancy can be reconfigured as a rooming house.
  • A rooming house created by reconfiguring an $800,000 Melbourne house can generate $1,250 to $1,600 per week.
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Rooming house investment in Melbourne is one of the highest-yield strategies legally available — done well, an $800,000 house generating $550 per week as a single tenancy can be reconfigured to generate $1,250 to $1,600 per week.

Jabel Property states that…

  • a well-located and professionally managed rooming house can achieve gross yields of 8%-10%.
  • such a rooming house's gross yields of 8%-10% are against an average Victorian residential investment yield of around 3% to 4%.
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In Victoria, the average rental yield for a standard residential investment property sits around 3% to 4% . In contrast, a well-located and professionally managed rooming house can achieve gross yields of 8%–10% , with many investors reporting 150%+ rental uplift after conversion.

Jabel Property states that vacancy rates in well-managed rooming houses tend to stay below 2%.

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Because of this, vacancy rates in well-managed rooming houses tend to stay below 2% , significantly outperforming the general rental market.

Refused2

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Show what was refused

Sections 87 to 93 of the Rooming House Operators Act 2016 amended the Residential Tenancies Act 1997.

Refused: The quotes only show Sections 87–93 of the Rooming House Operators Act 2016 commenced on 26.4.17, not that they amended the Residential Tenancies Act 1997.

Unsupported: amended the Residential Tenancies Act 1997

What it rested on
Rooming House Operators Act 2016, No. 26/2016
Commencement Date: Ss 87–93 on 26.4.17: Special Gazette (No. 57) 7.3.17: p. 1

A Victorian rooming house is defined by Consumer Affairs Victoria as a building where some of the rented rooms might be shared.

Refused: The quoted definition also requires four or more people can live in rented rooms, so the claim omits an essential part of the definition.

Unsupported: as a building where some of the rented rooms might be shared

What it rested on
A rooming house is a building where four or more people can live in rented rooms, some of which might be shared.
Rooming house - minimum standards - Consumer Affairs Victoria