Definition
DCJ Housing offers a range of private rental assistance (PRA) products that help people start or keep a tenancy. These offer additional support in the private rental market in the form of a financial subsidy or by encouraging real estate agents and landlords to approve rental applications.
PRA includes:
- Rentstart Bond Loan – an interest-free loan to cover part or all of the rental bond for eligible clients moving into a private rental market
- Advance Rent – a grant of up to two weeks’ rent for eligible Rentstart Bond Loan recipients who need additional help in setting up a tenancy
- Tenancy Guarantee – up to $1,500 offered to real estate agents or landlords to cover rental arrears or property damage over and above the rental bond
- Tenancy Assistance – up to four weeks’ rent to cover rent arrears and/or water arrears
- Rent Choice – a private rental subsidy that helps you pay the rent for up to three years. Financial assistance may be available if you are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and:
- have had a major financial setback like illness or loss of job; or
- are escaping domestic or family violence; or
- are a veteran who has served in the Australian Defence Force; or
- are a young person up to the age of 24; or
- are a current DCJ social housing tenant transitioning into the private rental market.
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