Land-Lease Information

Land-Lease Information Booklet

If you are considering the move into a land-lease village/park this booklet aims to provide you with sufficient information on the various aspects of your move, so you can make the decision with confidence.

This information has been compiled by people who are long term residents of land-lease villages, who have the lived experience.

The legislation that covers these types of homes is the Residential Tenancies Act, where Part 4A of the ACT defines regulations specifically for movable homes.

A land lease village or park contains homes that are designed, built or manufactured to be transportable from one place to another for use as a residence. Such homes are generally termed as manufactured homes.
A movable dwelling does not include those that can be registered, such as a caravan.

Not practical to relocate

“Residential villages and manufactured homes have evolved. Modern manufactured homes can no longer be practically or affordably relocated from one village to another (or to another place), and the cost of a home cannot be recovered by taking it out of the village and selling it as a significant portion of the home’s value is attributable to its position within a residential village and access to the services and facilities provided.
These barriers to exit limit the bargaining power of home owners during negotiations about site rent as they are unable to take their business elsewhere.
Queensland Government – Summary/Manufactured homes feedback – 26/6/2023

Victorian Legislation usually refers to these locations as parks, but the large majority of advertising and marketing call them villages, to distinguish them from caravan parks.
This booklet focuses on the land-lease manufactured home village option

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