{"id":28451,"date":"2019-03-06T05:34:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T19:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=28451"},"modified":"2024-10-03T10:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T00:31:27","slug":"qld-solar-rentals-rebate-mb0963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/qld-solar-rentals-rebate-mb0963\/","title":{"rendered":"Queensland’s Government Kicks Off Solar For Rentals Rebate Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image: moerschy<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

A huge number of Australian households who are renters are locked out of solar power savings. A new initiative from the Queensland Government is trialling a way to help address this – but there are a few catches.<\/p>\n

According to<\/a> statistics gathered from Census 2016, 30.9% of all occupied private dwellings in Australia were rented – a total of 2,561,302 dwellings. Of occupied private dwellings in Queensland<\/a>, 34.2% were rented (566,478).<\/p>\n

Lack of access to solar power for renters is something we hear about quite often and while some services have started up (and some failed) to address this segment of the market1<\/a><\/sup>, little real progress has been made.<\/p>\n

Queensland’s Palaszczuk Government has already run solar trials for public housing<\/a> and has now turned its attention to the private rental market.<\/p>\n

Under the $4 million Solar For Rentals program, up to 1,000 landlords with properties in Bundaberg, Gladstone and Townsville will have the opportunity to receive a rebate of up to $3,500 on the installation of a solar power system2<\/a><\/sup>. A rebate can be sought for each rental property owned.<\/span><\/p>\n

Solar For Rentals Rebate Structure<\/span><\/h2>\n

The amount of rebate available is based on capacity of the system to be installed:<\/span><\/p>\n