November 06, 2025
Is the rental system working for Victorians?
Renting in Reality – Landlords Insights captures the experiences and perspectives of Victorian landlords, offering critical insights into the challenges, motivations and behaviours shaping Victoria’s current rental system. Through this research, CPRC has developed Australia’s first Renter Confidence Index to provide a complete picture on how this system is working.
This report explores:
This report is part of our new, four-part series Renting in Reality, providing new data about what’s working and what needs to evolve in Victoria’s rental market.
40 % became landlords due to a change in circumstances, not by plan.
78 % consider provision of housing an essential service
63% of landlords have no concerns about minimum standards obligations.
26% spend $500 or less per year on maintenance. Average spend: $2,370
82% of landlords who use agents report positive relationship and rely on agent advice
27% see 12-month leases as “standard” — 20% say agents don’t recommend longer leases.
1 in 4 have lower confidence in understanding their obligations.
Renting in Reality provides a baseline for assessing whether our rental policies and cultural norms are working for everyday Australians.
CPRC has developed Australia’s first Renter Confidence Index to benchmark and track changes in renter experience and confidence over time.
This index can be applied across all Australian states and territories, providing a consistent national benchmark for renter confidence and experience.
CPRC welcomes the opportunity to work further on this issue with government, regulators, policy makers, academics and the community.
If you are in one of the above groups and would like a one-on-one briefing for your organisation, contact our team today.
This report forms part of four part series on reports examining Victoria’s rental system.
Building on Renters Insights, this report, continues the series, with upcoming reports to explore energy efficiency standards and RentTech data practices.
Together, these reports will provide a comprehensive picture of how the rental system is performing.
This methodology can serve as Australia’s ongoing benchmark for whether rental policy is delivering good outcomes.
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CPRC and Tenants Victoria conducted a mystery shop of 100 rental properties in Victoria. While many properties met the minimum standards, issues such as maintenance, visible mould, and lack of window coverings were associated with poorly maintained affordable properties
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