Renters could get the right to own a pet and put hooks in their walls under reforms being considered in a review of Queensland tenancy laws.

The Palaszczuk government on Sunday announced it would consult with renters, landlords and realtors as part of a three-month review.

It could result in minimum standards for properties, and make it easier for tenants to own a pet and make minor alterations.

Advocacy groups National Shelter and Tenants Qld both said ending no-cause evictions was their priority.

“That will mean removing the ability of lessors to end a tenancy without any grounds, which often mask evictions due to discrimination and retaliation,” Tenants Qld CEO Penny Carr said on Sunday.

National Shelter vice chair Karen Walsh said tenants sometimes avoid asking for repairs because they fear being evicted as retribution. It means tenants put up with sub-standard conditions.

Other key reforms would be capping rent increases and allowing domestic violence victims to break a lease without penalty, she said.

Ms Walsh supported minimum standards and relaxing pet approvals, but said letting people put hooks on the wall “should be a given”.

It’s like treating property as a profit, and not as a property that will become someone’s home.”

One-third of Queensland households rent, but the state laws haven’t been comprehensively reviewed since the 1970s.

Housing Minister Mick de Brenni said changes would aim to strike the right balance between owners and renters.

“Many tenants have raised with me that it is difficult to hang your kids’ school photos or paintings on the wall in rental properties,” Mr de Brenni said in a statement on Sunday.

How can we make it easier for tenants to add finishing touches to their home, without causing damage that would be costly for property owners?

“How can we make it easier for landlords and tenants to agree on having a pet?”

Mr de Brenni said landlords want repairs to be addressed quickly to protect their investment.

He said owners were also concerned that rental bonds don’t always cover costs when things go wrong.

The Liberal National opposition wouldn’t be drawn on whether it supported the possible changes.

“It’s vitally important that we get the balance right between landlords and tenants,” Shadow Attorney-General David Janetzki told reporters.

“What we don’t have from this Labor government is action. So let’s just wait and see where this leads.”

An online survey for Queensland tenants, owners and realtors asks if the balance is right or if the rules unfairly favour one group.

It asks if tenants can generally treat the property as their home, and whether groups are aware of and accountable to their obligations.

A national tenant survey released last year by consumer group CHOICE, National Shelter and National Association of Tenant Organisations found 62 per cent of tenants feel they can’t ask for changes.

One-fifth said they’ve waited more than a week for urgent repairs, while 8 per cent live in a home in need of urgent repairs.

Victoria this month passed tenancy reforms, and New South Wales is debating its rental reforms in parliament.

Queensland’s ‘Open Doors to Renting Reform’ review is being conducted in conjunction with the Residential Tenancies Authority.

The survey closes on November 30.