Central Coast Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service (CCTAAS)

 

CONTACT

Phone

(02) 4353 5515

Hours:

Mon:

11am - 3pm

Tue:

11am - 3pm

Wed:

11am - 3pm

Thu:

11am - 3pm

Fri:

Unavailable

 

ABOUT

Central Coast Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service (CCTAAS) is a free service for Central Coast tenants. We have operated for over 15 years, providing telephone and face-to-face advice, advocacy, and community legal education. We are funded through grants allocated to the Tenants Advice and Advocacy Program, overseen by NSW Fair Trading. Funds are raised from interest received on tenants rental bonds lodged with the Rental Bond Board.

Our services are available to renters in the Central Coast Local Government Area. We also assist tenants in the Lake Macquarie Local Government Area where the postcode is the same as Wyong. The region extends from Gwandalan in the north, down the coast to the Hawkesbury River and its islands in the south, and west to Bucketty and beyond Mangrove Creek. Please note that we do not assist landlords.

CCTAAS is a self incorporated not for profit entity managed by a volunteer Management Committee.

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Tenant Advocates – Nurture and Grow

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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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Five Changes to Social Housing Laws

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Hunter TAAS Residential Communities Project

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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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