Inner Sydney Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service (ISTAAS)

 

CONTACT

Phone

(02) 9698 5975

Hours:

Mon:

10am-12.30pm, 2-4pm

Tue:

10am-12.30pm, 2-4pm

Wed:

10am-12.30pm, 2-4pm

Thu:

10am-12.30pm, 2-4pm

Fri:

10am-12.30pm

Note:

We encourage you to contact us via our online enquiry form at rlc.org.au

Contact online

 

ABOUT

Inner Sydney Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service (ISTAAS) provides free, confidential legal information, advice and advocacy to tenants living in public and private residential housing.

Our services are available to renters living in selected suburbs in inner Sydney. You can check by entering your suburb under 'Get advice' in the main menu.

ISTAAS is a program of Redfern Legal Centre.

We encourage you to contact us via our online enquiry form at rlc.org.au/contact-us

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Standing Together for Housing Justice

Tenant Advocates and supporters came together to celebrate 30 years of the Tenants Advice and Advocacy Program, and stand for housing justice.
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Tenant Advocates – Nurture and Grow

The annual TAAS Conference took place last month in Birpai Country, Port Macquarie. The theme of the conference was 'Nurture and Grow' – to evoke the approach we seek to take with clients, renters' rights and knowledge, and our own skills. Over 100 Tenant Advocates from across NSW gathered to learn and connect. The conference is organised by the Tenants' Union of NSW, and this was the largest face-to-face conference we have ever delivered.
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Drawing on the past, taking on the future

Ned Cutcher, Senior Policy Officer of the Tenants' Union reflects on 40 years of advocating for tenants' rights and the big ticket items that remain. Drawing on the experience and…
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A place of my own

"I am originally from Walgett, Northern NSW. In Walgett everyone knows me as ‘Daughter’. I would like to move back to Walgett, but my children and grandchildren are in Sydney, so I will…
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Home is everything to me

"I grew up on the Northern foreshores of Botany Bay at the La Perouse Aboriginal Reserve AKA ‘Lappa Mish’ in the 1970s and 1980’s. It was great growing up there. The sea was our backyard –…
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Electricity pricing: are you being overcharged?

Electricity charges in land lease communities are a hot issue for home owners. Prices continue to rise and, when home owners purchase electricity from the operator, the charges are complex and…
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Boarding houses resources

Resources for boarders, lodgers and community workers who support them, including factsheets, a guide, posters, a brochure and a small card.
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Public and community housing – Guide for Providers: Listen, Ask, Respect

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Five Changes to Social Housing Laws

In October 2015, NSW Parliament passed a law changing the rights and responsibilities of all social housing tenants in important ways. FACS Housing will begin using these new rules against…
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Hunter TAAS Residential Communities Project

Hunter Tenant’s Advice & Advocacy Service, along with a number of other tenancy services received a one off grant from NSW Fair Trading to employ a part time project worker to assist with…
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Increasing site fees: you deserve an explanation

Home owners in land lease communities understand that their site fees can increase and most are used to having an increase every year. Receiving a site fee increase might not come as surprise,…
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ISTAAS speaks up for public housing tenants in parliamentary inquiry

Redfern Legal Centre has spent many years advocating for public housing tenants waiting for basic repairs to be done on their homes. The lack of action they experience, even after correct…
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Five key changes to social housing laws

In October 2015, NSW Parliament passed the highly contentious Residential Tenancies and Housing Legislation Amendment (Public Housing - Antisocial Behaviour) Act - affecting the rights and…
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2016 Budget to deliver income management for Social Housing tenants?

A few weeks ago we noted the NSW Government's continued interest in a Compulsory Rent Deduction Scheme for social housing tenants, as they took the idea to the recent Council of Australian…
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