The Tenants’ Union of NSW holds strong concerns about the Residential Tenancies and Housing Legislation Amendment (Public Housing – Antisocial Behaviour) Bill 2015. The bill, which will make…
The NSW State Coalition Government has announced that it will, if re-elected, introduce a range of measures relating to crime and anti-social behaviour in public housing. The Tenants' Union…
The Tenants' Union welcomes the present discussion of social housing in NSW. We are convinced that the discussion must go further, and consider the social housing sector in the context of…
Terence is a tenant of Housing NSW. His property was riddled with damp and mould for years. This exacerbated his health problems and forced him to sleep in a recliner chair in lounge room rather…
Early in 2014 the Tenants’ Union conducted a short online survey on Housing Affordability to gauge tenants' experiences and expectations of renting. 580 tenants responded. The most striking…
This submission has two purposes. First, it reviews the current state and recent history of the housing market, with particular attention to the huge inflation in house prices over the past two…
The Tenants' Union submission to the Inquiry into Social, Public and Affordable Housing has two purposes. First, it reviews the current state and recent history of the housing market, with…
The Housing Payment Deduction Scheme would allow, in two circumstances, public housing authorities (‘public housing lessors’) to request the deduction of monies from the social security payments…
Aspects of the recent ‘Reshaping Public Housing’ reforms have generated serious work disincentives for public housing tenants. These aspects of the reforms should be repealed.
The National Association of Tenants Organisations is pleased to see the NRAS adopted by the Government and given such a high priority. We welcome it as an innovation and an addition to national…
The Tenants' Union believes that it is important to ensure the integrity of the systems administered by the NSW Land and Housing Corporation (the corporate aspect of Housing NSW) for…
This submission is addressed to the first two of the terms of reference of the Inquiry. In particular, the submission considers: the allocation of social housing as one of several forms of…
