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5.0 Moving out checklist
 Before you move out
Complete the following tasks before you move out of your public housing property:
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Contact your nearest Housing Service Centre at least 14 days before you leave and
tell them you want to move out. If you don't, you might have to pay rent after you
leave.
Complete a Notice of intention to leave (form 13).
Pay any rent you owe up to the handover day (the agreed date you’re leaving).
Tell us your new address or an address where we can contact you.
Make sure the property and garden are clean and tidy. We inspect the property and
you would need to pay for any cleaning, repairs and maintenance.
Hand the keys in to your nearest Housing Service Centre on handover day. If you
don’t return the keys, we take possession of the property and change the locks. You
would have to pay for the new locks and we would charge you rent until we took
back the property.
Read your rights and responsibilities in the Information statement (form 17a), which you
received when you signed the state tenancy agreement.
 After you move out
Once you move out, we perform several tasks:
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Inspect the property for any damage and to see if any repairs, rubbish removal and
cleaning are required.
Finalise your rental account up to the handover day (or the day we take possession
if you don’t hand back the keys).
Check whether you have any maintenance debts and send you a letter to tell you.
Send you any money left in your account (if you have more than $5 credit) if you’ve
given us a forwarding address. This takes 6 weeks.
 Final property inspection
We would like you to be at the property during the inspection, so you can talk about the
condition of the property with the person inspecting it.
Contact your nearest Housing Service Centre at least 2 working days before the inspection
if you’d like to attend. Give the centre more notice if you live in a country or remote area.