Can the bond be used to pay the rent at the end of the tenancy?

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The law says that landlords *must* lodge your bond money with Tenancy Services. You will get your bond money refunded after the tenancy has ended, and rent is generally paid in advance, so normally it isn’t possible to use the bond money to pay for rent.
You and the landlord *can* agree on the bond refund form that your bond will go towards paying rent. But don’t just stop paying rent and think that the landlord can have your bond money to cover it. Tenancy Services treat the bond money as yours unless you and the landlord sign the bond refund form agreeing otherwise, and you must keep paying rent until the end of the tenancy. There might also be damage or cleaning that needs paying for out of the bond money.

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