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Senate Tenants Bill of Rights - The landlord cannot deny or discriminate access or terms to a property based on gender, disability, sexual orientation, race, age, skin colour or religion.
- That an independent body evaluates and grades all landlords on their quality of accommodation and standard of care for their tenants and that grade is known when signing the lease.
- That on signing the lease a tenant will be given a written record of problems which may impede the quality of living and access to all documentation of the standard and condition of the property and that copies of such documentation will be available at request.
- That all deposits are held independently and are returned within the period of 14 days and are only withheld on the production of evidence by the landlord.
- That all accommodation must meet a minimum standard of requirements; there is adequate food storage, washing facilities, accessibility, and sufficient social areas to cope with the reasonable demand from tenants.
- That an independent emergency contact is allocated to every tenant which be accessible 24 hours a day.
- That the tenant has the ultimate right to withhold rent should any serious breaches of above get incurred.
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