Lease your property to DHA


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Step 2: Leasing Requirements

Houses

All properties must:

  • be located in pleasant residential areas and in close proximity to transport, schools and other amenities
  • be fully established, in excellent condition, with easy care gardens, phone and television connections, light fittings,and floor and window treatments
  • have an ensuite
  • allow pets (unit or group title properties excepted)
  • have ceiling insulation (where applicable)
  • offer appropriate security and adequate storage
  • have deadlocks to all external doors (including patio bolts to sliding doors)
  • have double garage (except NT - refer to NT requirements).

Note: check for additional requirements below.

Properties required in the following areas:

  • Palmerston
  • Gungahlin
  • Queanbeyan, and
  • Jerrabomberra.

The following features are required for Canberra housing:

  • homes less than twelve (12) years of age (preferred)
  • three (3), four (4) or five (5) bedrooms
  • lounge and dining rooms
  • built-in robes with shelving in all bedrooms
  • ducted evaporative cooling or reverse cycle air conditioning
  • ducted heating or reverse cycle air conditioning
  • no in-slab or radiant heating
  • double garage (with remote control access preferred)
  • security screen doors and deadlocks on all external doors
  • security screens on all windows
  • covered outdoor entertainment area (patio/pergola, sail), minimum size of 15m2 or 10m2 for medium density housing
  • no swimming pool, outdoor spa, pond or water feature (preferred), and
  • fully fenced 35m2 rear yard.

If your property can satisfy the above requirements and you would like to offer it to DHA please complete our Leasing Application Form for houses.

Do you have any question? please email to Lessor Relations with details address of the property.

Apartments and townhouses

All properties must:

  • two bedrooms or one bedroom plus study/ secure storage area
  • lock-up garage or secure car accommodation
  • built-in robes
  • heating and cooling (preferred)
  • security screens on doors and windows (preferred)

Note: check for additional requirements below.

Properties required in the following areas:

  • Turner
  • Braddon
  • Civic
  • Forrest
  • Griffith
  • Kingston
  • Narrabundah
  • Lyneham

The following features are required for Canberra housing:

  • 2 bedrooms or 1 bedroom plus study/or secure storage area
  • lock-up garage/secure car accommodation
  • built-in robes
  • heating and cooling (optional)
  • security screens on doors and windows (optional)

If your property can satisfy the above requirements and you would like to offer it to DHA please complete our Leasing Application Form for apartments and townhouses.

Do you have any question? please email to Lessor Relations with details address of the property.