Attached is a submission to the Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs and the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General Inquiry into Residential Tenancy Databases (RTDs).

The submission, entitled 'Homelessness and Residential Tenancy Databases', makes 18 recommendations in relation to:

• the nature, extent and scope of RTD listings;
• the relationship between RTD listings and homelessness;
• the process for creating an RTD listing;
• the use of RTD listings in relation to tenancy applications;
• the veracity and rectification of RTD listings; and
• the resolution of disputes arising from RTD listings.