Hi,
I have previously looked into NRAS properties and am not looking at buying one right now, but would consider it in the future.
I have a neighbour who are on Centrelink payments and haven't worked for as long as I know, and they are claiming they are eligible to NRAS because they meet the income requirements for it. They are looking for a property north of Brisbane and say that they have already submitted paperwork for NRAS and been accepted. (This guy can bull**** a lot and I take most of what he says at face value – but he seems convinced he can get it).
I have not been able to find anything that EXPLICITLY says you have to be of a certain type of employment to get it, only that you have to earn less than the amount specified to be able to rent it.
Does anyone know if this is correct, that a person living on purely Government/Centrelink hand outs is able to rent a NRAS property, as for what I can see, this defeats the purpose of NRAS providing affordable living to service providers such as nurses and teachers etc who would live in the area for work purposes.
If anyone can post a link to something that states this is correct/incorrect that would be great also, and are you able to choose your tenant for NRAS (can I refuse someone on unspecified grounds, yet accept a nurse or teacher who earns a half decent income or do I get whoever is place in the house, which makes it a potential defacto houso property if you can't?).
Hi Aussieguy.
Her is a link as requested, however when I was looking at purchasing an NRAS property the marketing spin was that preferred tenants are teachers, police, nurses etc etc…….no mention of welfare recipients meeting the criteria.
But at the end of the day the landlord still chooses who they will allow in their property.
http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/resources/housing/renting/nras-prospective-tenants.pdf
Aussieguy,
I have an NRAS house in Queensland. When it was ready for a tenant last year, the property manager told me that there is a long list of applicants but many of them are rejected for NRAS as they are social housing applicants. I think from memory she said that the way the charities who organise tenants are set up, there was not a way to separate nras/social housing applicants so they all wound up on the same waiting list. I may have the details slightly wrong, it was 15 months ago!
In any case, the property manager said that they look for tenants who are in employment, with good rental history, references etc. I'm certainly very happy with my tenant.
Also, all the details of the tenant were sent to me and I was able to give my approval or otherwise for that person.
extract from FACSIA NRAS Performance report:
2011-12 Tenant Data: (new information)
Note: Tenant Data is collected annually at the end of each NRAS year (ending 30 April).
Approved NRAS Participants are required to submit Tenancy Demographic Data (TDA) as part of their end of year reporting requirements. 7,758 TDA were analysed for the NRAS year 1 May 2011 to 30 April 2012. Note that tenants may fall under multiple or no options; therefore the figures may not add up to the total number of occupants.
The key observations resulting from this analysis are:
Occupant Demographics
Number of occupants: 15,719
Occupants identifying as Indigenous or Torres Strait Islander descent: 701
Persons with a disability: 1,425
Sole Parents: 1,830
Couples: 1,782
Children (under 17): 5,115
Mature age Australians
o (55 – 64): 768
o (65 years and over): 1,112
Occupant Income Sources
Private sector wages: 2,979
Public sector wages: 659
Community sector wages: 255
Self-employed: 209
Superannuation or annuity: 45
Government pensions and allowances: 5,181
Other sources: 1,570
Occupant Employment
Reported as employed: 4,777
Reported as unemployed: 2,322
Reported as full time students: 4,268
Previous Living Arrangements
Renting through real estate: 6,078
Renting from State/Territory housing authority: 943
Living with family/friends: 3,560
Previously owned or purchasing own home: 320
Homeless: 382
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