Coronavirus COVID-19: What happens if you can't pay rent?
ABCOne week ago, Jonny Hawkins was a very busy man. "They might be useful if a tenant needs to leave the home, but there's nothing in there about a rent waiver or a rent holiday." You can request assistance from your landlord, such as delayed payment or even a rent reduction, but the decision will be "very much up to them", Mr Ross adds. "You're allowed to be behind in rent for a certain amount of time, then you get a notice, and once you get that notice, you've got some additional time to actually pay back the rent that is owing," Mr Dignam says. In New South Wales, where Jonny lives, landlords can issue a termination notice once you are two weeks behind on rent and the process of eviction "can be as short as four or five weeks from the time you're 14 days late on your rent", Mr Ross explains.
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