Rooming house software for ACT boarding houses.
Occupancy agreements under Part 5A kept room by room, security deposits lodged with the ACT Revenue Office, and every room’s condition report and repairs in one place.
Operator is $99 a month for up to 40 tenancies, with unlimited staff, and empty rooms never count. 30 days free, no card.
The agreement LeaseDock fills in.
A room in an ACT boarding house can be let on an occupancy agreement under Part 5A of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997, which carries the occupancy principles and leaves the house’s own rules, fees, entry and ending terms to the agreement. No regulation prescribes standard occupancy terms, so you record the agreement you made, and it must state that it is an occupancy agreement.
A room in a boarding house is on an occupancy agreement only where the written agreement states that it is one (section 71C(1)(b)(iii)). A room in your own home, where you live, is on one without saying so (section 71C(1)(b)(i)), unless a written agreement expressly states it is a residential tenancy agreement (section 6B). Otherwise the room is a residential tenancy under the standard residential terms. LeaseDock fills in the standard terms agreement for a room let as a residential tenancy, and the resident signs online.
Residential Tenancies Act 1997 (ACT)What LeaseDock keeps track of.
- The agreement The occupancy agreement recorded on the room, or the standard terms agreement filled in and signed online for a residential tenancy.
- The security deposit The lodgement on your list as a reminder, since the Act names no number of days.
- Inspections Scheduled for each room, with an entry notice drafted for you to check and give.
- Condition reports Room by room with photos, with the kitchen, lounge and bathrooms set up once and included in every room’s report.
- Fees Payments matched from your bank CSV for you to confirm, and polite reminders.
- Your team Unlimited staff, each seeing only the houses you give them.
The rules, with their sources.
What the ACT asks of you, as LeaseDock holds it. Each rule links to the page it was read on.
- Which law applies
A room in an ACT boarding house can be let on an occupancy agreement under Part 5A of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997, which carries the occupancy principles and leaves the house’s own rules, fees, entry and ending terms to the agreement.
- Who it reaches
A room in a boarding house is on an occupancy agreement only where the written agreement states that it is one (section 71C(1)(b)(iii)). A room in your own home, where you live, is on one without saying so (section 71C(1)(b)(i)), unless a written agreement expressly states it is a residential tenancy agreement (section 6B). Otherwise the room is a residential tenancy under the standard residential terms.
- Security deposit
Lodge this occupancy security deposit with the ACT Revenue Office, with the resident’s and your names and addresses for service and the amount (section 71ED). The ACT Revenue Office asks for it within two weeks of receiving it, but the Act itself sets no number of days for an occupancy deposit (the two weeks in the regulation are for a residential tenancy bond), so this date, two weeks from when you received it, is a reminder and not a legal deadline. A deposit can only be asked for on a written agreement for a fixed term of more than 14 days, once you have given the condition report, and is at most the first 2 weeks of the fee for a term under 6 months, or the first 4 weeks for 6 months or longer (section 71EC).
- Occupancy principles
Every occupancy agreement is taken to contain the occupancy principles in the Act (sections 71E and 71EA), whatever else it says.
Read in Residential Tenancies Act 1997 (ACT), republication 84, effective 26 November 2025, and Residential Tenancies Regulation 1998, republication 16. A guide, not legal advice.
Questions ACT boarding house operators ask.
What is an occupancy agreement in the ACT?
A room in an ACT boarding house can be let on an occupancy agreement under Part 5A of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997, which carries the occupancy principles and leaves the house’s own rules, fees, entry and ending terms to the agreement. A room in a boarding house is on an occupancy agreement only where the written agreement states that it is one (section 71C(1)(b)(iii)). A room in your own home, where you live, is on one without saying so (section 71C(1)(b)(i)), unless a written agreement expressly states it is a residential tenancy agreement (section 6B). Otherwise the room is a residential tenancy under the standard residential terms.
Do I lodge an occupancy security deposit in the ACT?
Lodge this occupancy security deposit with the ACT Revenue Office, with the resident’s and your names and addresses for service and the amount (section 71ED). The ACT Revenue Office asks for it within two weeks of receiving it, but the Act itself sets no number of days for an occupancy deposit (the two weeks in the regulation are for a residential tenancy bond), so this date, two weeks from when you received it, is a reminder and not a legal deadline. A deposit can only be asked for on a written agreement for a fixed term of more than 14 days, once you have given the condition report, and is at most the first 2 weeks of the fee for a term under 6 months, or the first 4 weeks for 6 months or longer (section 71EC).
Is a room in my own home on an occupancy agreement in the ACT?
In the ACT a room in a boarding house is on an occupancy agreement only if the agreement says it is one, and a room in your own home, where you live, is on one unless a written agreement says it is a residential tenancy (sections 71C and 6B). Otherwise it is a residential tenancy, with the standard residential terms.
What does LeaseDock cost for a rooming house?
Operator is $99 a month for up to 40 tenancies, with unlimited staff, and empty rooms never count. 30 days free, no card.
Is this legal advice?
No. LeaseDock tracks your obligations and links each one to the rule it came from, so you can check it. Where LeaseDock has not checked a rule, it says so and gives you a reminder, never an invented date.
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