The WA Government has passed new laws to offer greater protection for small commercial tenants who are in financial distress resulting from restrictions imposed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation aims to help to protect small business tenants from a range of prohibited actions, while they try to negotiate rent relief with their landlords. Key elements of the legislation include: a six-month moratorium on evictions for certain commercial tenancies (backdated to 30 March 2020) a freeze on rent increases … Continue reading “New commercial tenancy legislative changes”