Some additional points if you wish to include them in a letter or email
:Services are funded by tenants through the interest generated on their bonds not tax payer dollars. Services are funded by and for tenants;
The RTA cannot replace the loss of tenant advisory services because the RTA does not offer the same services. Tenants will lose access to free advice (the RTA only provides information), support to exercise their rights and face to face assistance when required.
Tenant advice services are available across the state but the RTA is a centralised government authority based in Brisbane.
It saves no money and makes no sense to take away funding for tenant advice services.
It is usually industry which funds dispute resolution mechanisms accessible for consumers. The residential tenancies industry appears to be the only industry where consumers fully fund services which the industry may access at no cost to them..
It is appropriate that interest generated on tenants’ bonds be used for a free advice service for tenants.
Tenant advice services assist tenants remain housed in the private rental market and independent of social housing
