Residential Tenancies (Requiring Landlords to Provide Curtains) Amendment Bill
This bill would require landlords to provide insulated curtains, insulated blinds, or similar window coverings in rental homes, where it is practical to do so. It adds this requirement to the existing 'healthy homes standards' — the rules landlords must already follow to make rentals warmer and drier. Because curtains stay in the home when tenants leave, the bill says it makes sense for the landlord to own and supply them. The bill would take effect the day after it becomes law.
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Landlords would have to provide insulated curtains, blinds, or similar window coverings in rental homes where it is practical to do so.
the healthy homes standards must require landlords to install or provide the following, where practicable: (a) insulated curtains: (b) insulated blinds: (c) equivalent window coverings
Given that curtains are a fixture which will remain in the home even when the tenants move out, and contribute to its value, it is logical that the landlord supplies and owns them
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