Park Living
What is Park Living?
In Western Australia, a residential park is a place that provides land ‘sites’ for rent, usually for a relocatable home, such as a caravan or park home. The tenant can either rent or purchase a home on the site.
There are two main types of residential parks:
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Mixed-use parks cater for both long-stay tenants and people staying for a short time. Long-stay tenants at mixed-use parks may have to share facilities with holiday makers, employees of the park, or seasonal workers.
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Long-stay only parks contain only long-stay sites and provide residential accommodation to only long-stay tenants. These types of parks are sometimes referred to as lifestyle villages.
Sometimes, retirement villages, where people own or lease the whole facility are also called lifestyle villages. If this is the case, they will be covered by the Retirement Villages Act 1992, and not by residential park laws. PHOAWA does not cater for residents of Retirement Villages.
What Does the Law Say?
Living with a long stay lease both in a caravan park or similar lifestyle village is governed by the Residential Parks (Long-stay Tenants) Act rather than the Residential Tenancies Act or various Retirement Village legislation.
Park Living Information Booklet
Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (commerce.wa.gov.au)
Before giving a lease the operator is required by law to provide a copy of the WA government's Information Booklet for Park Living. The booklet contains very comprehensive information on most situations that might arise during your stay in a park and if you are already a resident should be consulted first if you have any queries. Click on the image to download the booklet.
