Additional recommendations | Manufactured homes feedback
The following additional low-impact recommendations have also been identified in the C-RIS:
The objects of the Act should be amended to include protecting home owners from unfair site rent increases and to preserve security of tenure for home owners.
The Act should be amended to require registration and suitability requirements for residential parks and park owners, similar to those applying to retirement villages.
A registration system for manufactured homes should be developed which allows home owners to register ownership of manufactured homes, and supports buyers to confirm that the seller of their home is the legal owner.
The Act should be amended to allow a manufactured home owner to sell their home where their site agreement is terminated by QCAT under s.38 of the Act, for example where there are unremedied breaches of the site agreement. This would allow a home owner to recover their investment in the home as positioned on the site rather than being required to give vacant possession of the site.
The Act should be amended to clarify that where a site agreement is terminated because the park owner is seeking to use the land for another lawful purpose, the compensation order by QCAT may consider the reasonable purchase price for the home if it was sold as positioned on the site.
The Act should be amended to resolve any ambiguity around retirement village-style exit fees and clarify that such fees are prohibited.
The Act should be amended to provide a more contemporary definition of a ‘manufactured home’.
The Act should be amended to specify a definition for CPI that must be used for a CPI-based increase of site rent in the future.
The presentation of information in precontractual disclosure documents and site agreements should be improved, particularly in relation to the future costs of site rent.
The following additional low-impact recommendations have also been identified in the C-RIS:
The objects of the Act should be amended to include protecting home owners from unfair site rent increases and to preserve security of tenure for home owners.
The Act should be amended to require registration and suitability requirements for residential parks and park owners, similar to those applying to retirement villages.
A registration system for manufactured homes should be developed which allows home owners to register ownership of manufactured homes, and supports buyers to confirm that the seller of their home is the legal owner.
The Act should be amended to allow a manufactured home owner to sell their home where their site agreement is terminated by QCAT under s.38 of the Act, for example where there are unremedied breaches of the site agreement. This would allow a home owner to recover their investment in the home as positioned on the site rather than being required to give vacant possession of the site.
The Act should be amended to clarify that where a site agreement is terminated because the park owner is seeking to use the land for another lawful purpose, the compensation order by QCAT may consider the reasonable purchase price for the home if it was sold as positioned on the site.
The Act should be amended to resolve any ambiguity around retirement village-style exit fees and clarify that such fees are prohibited.
The Act should be amended to provide a more contemporary definition of a ‘manufactured home’.
The Act should be amended to specify a definition for CPI that must be used for a CPI-based increase of site rent in the future.
The presentation of information in precontractual disclosure documents and site agreements should be improved, particularly in relation to the future costs of site rent.
