12 June 2026

The Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC) welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Tasmanian Government’s review of the Residential Tenancy Act 1997 and the proposed reforms relating to minimum standards and energy efficiency.

ASBEC strongly supports the introduction of minimum energy efficiency rental standards in Tasmania. The introduction of standards for rental homes represents a critical and much needed measure to ensure that all Tasmanians, regardless of housing tenure, can live in homes that are safe, healthy, and affordable to heat and cool. As ASBEC has emphasised in rental standards submissions to other states and territories^[i], such standards are essential for addressing entrenched inequity in the rental sector and delivering multiple co-benefits across health, energy affordability, emissions reduction and climate resilience.

Minimum standards are an increasingly established feature of rental regulation both internationally and across Australian jurisdictions. Tasmania has an opportunity to build on lessons from the ACT, Victoria and other jurisdictions to develop a practical, staged and nationally aligned framework that improves health outcomes, reduces energy bills and supports a more equitable energy transition.

Read the full submission here