Tas Resident Handbook -web

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Rights & Responsibilities Successful, sustainable tenancies are developed through a positive relationship built on open communication, transparency and trust. Your responsibilities as a resident: • Keep the inside and outside of your property clean and tidy. • Ask for permission before putting any hooks or fixtures up on walls or making any alterations to the property. • Let your Housing Officer

• Follow the lease

agreement terms that you are legally bound by as part of the Residential Tenancy Act 1997 (Tas). Our responsibilities as your housing provider • Manage your lease agreement, including letting you know if you are not meeting the requirements of your lease.

• Respond to your

maintenance requests. • Manage your tenant contributions and let you know if you’re not meeting your responsibility to pay the full amount on time. • Notify you when we are visiting to inspect your home (find more information about inspections on page 15 ) • Follow the lease agreement terms that we are legally bound to as part of the Residential Tenancy Act 1997 (Tas).

know straight away if there is any damage to the home, no matter how it happened.

• Pay the full amount

of tenant contribution on time. • Understand your lease and ask your Housing Officer if you are unsure on any of the requirements. • Be a respectful neighbour ( see page 12 for more information).

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