Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Assembly · 1 April 2026 · Housing
Residential Tenancies Amendment (Rent Controls) Bill 2026: introduction
Voting yes supported introducing the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Rent Controls) Bill 2026, which would limit how much rent can increase under residential tenancy agreements.
The question put
That I introduce a bill for an act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 to provide that rent increases under residential tenancies agreements must not exceed certain amounts and for other purposes.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 48 no
48 members
- NoAlison Marchant
- NoAnthony Carbines
- NoAnthony Cianflone
- NoBelinda Wilson
- NoBen Carroll
- NoChris Couzens
- NoColin Brooks
- NoDaniela De Martino
- NoDanny Pearson
- NoDylan Wight
- NoEden Foster
- NoElla George
- NoGabrielle Williams
- NoGary Maas
- NoIwan Walters
- NoJacinta Allan
- NoJackson Taylor
- NoJohn Lister
- NoJohn Mullahy
- NoJordan Crugnale
- NoJosh Bull
- NoJuliana Addison
- NoKat Theophanous
- NoKathleen Matthews-Ward
- NoKatie Hall
- NoLauren Kathage
- NoLily D'Ambrosio
- NoMartha Haylett
- NoMary-Anne Thomas
- NoMathew Hilakari
- NoMatt Fregon
- NoMelissa Horne
- NoMeng Heang Tak
- NoMichaela Settle
- NoNatalie Suleyman
- NoNathan Lambert
- NoNick Staikos
- NoNina Taylor
- NoPaul Edbrooke
- NoPaul Hamer
- NoPaul Mercurio
- NoPauline Richards
- NoRos Spence
- NoSarah Connolly
- NoSonya Kilkenny
- NoSteve Dimopoulos
- NoSteve McGhie
- NoVicki Ward
- LiberalAll yes18 yes · 0 no
18 members
- NationalsAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- YesAnnabelle Cleeland
- YesDanny O'Brien
- YesEmma Kealy
- YesJade Benham
- YesKim O'Keeffe
- YesMartin Cameron
- YesPeter Walsh
- YesTim Bull
- YesTim McCurdy
- GreensAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesWill FowlesIndependent
Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.
Source: Hansard, Parliament of Victoria. The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.