Everybody's Home – campaign to fix Australia's housing system

Everybody's Home is a new campaign by a coalition of organisations in the housing and community sectors. The campaign will bring national attention to reforms urgently needed to fix…
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Submission: Protections for Residents of Long Term Supported Group Accommodation in NSW

The Tenants' Union is pleased to respond to the NSW Government’s Issues Paper on Protections for Residents of Long Term Supported Group Accommodation in NSW. By raising a number of…
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TUNSW Report on 5 years of the Boarding Houses Act 2012

The Tenants' Union today released its report marking five years of the Boarding Houses Act 2012, the first legislation to give rights to boarding house residents in New South Wales. The…
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Joint letter: Inner Sydney Allocations

Representing concerned housing, homelessness, tenant, legal and community organisations this letter was written to the Minister for Family and Community Services regarding the Inner Sydney Local…
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Report: Five years of the Boarding Houses Act 2012

The New South Wales Boarding Houses Act 2012 has now been in operation for five years. To assist in the review of the Boarding Houses Act 2012 this report assesses the Act on its own merits. For…
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Community languages poster

The Tenants' Union of NSW produces a series of factsheets in community languages which provide a practical, up-to-date, short introduction to tenants’ rights in NSW. Factsheets are…
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Farewell Ned (see you soon)

The Tenants' Union and friends farewell its Senior Policy Officer, Ned Cutcher, after 9 years working with the Tenants' Union and 16 years in the tenancy rights sector. During his time…
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Is your apartment fire safe?

If you own, live in or manage an apartment, we encourage you to make sure your building is fire safe. Material that covers external walls, also known as cladding, can increase the intensity and…
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#MakeRentingFair campaign intro and update

Now is a great time to get involved with the Make Renting Fair campaign. Jemima and Leo from the Tenants' Union provide a quick introduction and an update on where the campaign is up to,…
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Window safety rules changed for strata blocks

The government has changed legal requirements for strata apartments to prevent children falling from windows. By the 13th of March 2018 all strata buildings are required to have window safety…
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The gap in NCAT’s jurisdiction and what it means for tenancy

It was recently found that the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal does not have jurisdiction for matters where the parties are resident in different states of Australia. This is due to a NSW…
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Stand your ground

When it comes to agreements, promises and contracts the advice is always the same – get it in writing. Why? Because if a dispute arises the terms, or even the existence, of a verbal agreement…
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