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Your rights as a tenantWe put you in touch with the Tenants' Union of NSW and your local Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service. |
This website is published by the Tenants' Union of NSW on behalf of NSW Tenants Advice and Advocacy Services. Here you can find out about:
The information on this site is for all tenants in New South Wales, including tenants of private rental housing, social housing, boarding and lodging houses and residential parks.
Increase tenants advice funding now!Tenants Advice and Advocacy Services (TAAS) are unable to assist all tenants who need help in exercising their rights. Demand for TAAS has grown significantly over the past 10 years while funding has not. In fact, baseline funding for TAAS has not increased at all in those 10 years! Read more: Increase tenants advice funding now! TAAS need your help to help tenantsPlease send letters in support of increased TAAP funding to:
at Level 36, 1 Farrer Place, SYDNEY NSW 2000
Download a letter here. (If you send a letter, let us know by email at tunsw[at]clc.net.au.) NEWSTenancy Advice and Advocacy Network welcomes Boarding House Reform proposalMay 2012 The Tenancy Advice and Advocacy Services (TAAS) Network has welcomed an accouncement by the NSW Ministers for Disability Services and Fair Trading, of a proposal to reform the boarding house sector in New South Wales.
Residential Tenancies Act 2010: reportMarch 2012 The Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (the Act) commenced on January 31st 2011. It has now been in operation for a little over a year, and it is timely to consider what is working, and what needs to be improved. Read more: Residential Tenancies Act 2010: report [Tenants' Union of NSW website] Review of Residential Parks Act 1998: submission29 February 2012 The Tenants' Union of NSW has written to NSW Fair Trading in support of the submission by the Park and Village Service. Read more: Review of Residential Parks Act 1998: submission [Tenants’ Union of NSW website] Reforming Marginal Rental: updateFebruary 2012 In March 2011 the Tenants’ Union of NSW launched the Reforming Marginal Renting campaign, for a better deal for people who rent their housing but are not covered by the State’s renting laws. Read more: Reforming Marginal Rental: update, February 2012 [Tenants’ Union of NSW website] |