Annual Report 2010-2011

2010-2011 has been another active and productive year for the Tenants' Union of NSW. 

Our work is guided by our 2011 to 2013 strategic plan. Priority areas include working with Aboriginal people and organisations to improve outcomes for Aboriginal tenants, ensuring better protections for boarders and lodgers, conducting strategic litigation in rent increase cases, and working to minimise the risks to tenants from the transfer of public housing to community housing providers.

Highlights for this year included providing resources and training to assist with the rollout of the new Residential Tenancies Act, developing a paper on Aboriginal community housing in New South Wales in partnership with the NSW Aboriginal Tenants Advice Network, Shelter NSW and NCOSS, and developing a policy aimed at improving the conditions of people living in marginal renting situations, such as boarders and lodgers.

We continued to carry out our core business activities, including conducting strategic litigation, supporting the Tenants Advice and Advocacy Network, developing tenancy resources, providing training in tenancy issues and carrying out work to bring about law reform. 

Read more in our 2010-2011 Annual Report.