Rent – news and analysis

 

Sample letter: Invalid rent increase

Invalid rent increase

You can use this sample letter when you have received a notice of rent increase but you do not think it is valid notice because it does not give you enough days notice.
Read more
Sample letter

Offer to pay rent arrears

You can send this sample letter to your landlord when you have fallen into rent arrears, and would like to enter into a payment plan to pay off the rent arrears. If you have not received a…
Read more
Sample letter

Payment of rent arrears

You can use this sample letter to let your landlord or agent know that you have paid off rent arrears and are now completely up to date with your rent. If you have received a termination notice…
Read more
Briefing

Briefing: Tenants' guide to tax reform

Housing affordability is a key issue during the 2016 federal election. The presumed impact of reducing tax concessions for landlords has been a strong feature in media discussions, and in…
Read more
Report

Report: Boarding Houses Education Project Evaluation

This report completes and evaluates the two-year Boarding Houses Education Project managed by the Tenants’ Union of NSW. The project commenced in April 2014 with the aim to develop and implement…
Read more
Tenants Union of NSW

Tenant databases

As a tenant you have rights under the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 and Residential Tenancies Regulation 2019. This factsheet summarises the law in NSW about tenant databases or ‘blacklists’…
Read more
Tenants Union of NSW

Landlord ends agreement

As a tenant you have rights under the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 and Residential Tenancies Regulation 2019. This factsheet summarises the law in NSW about what a landlord must do to end a…
Read more
Tenants Union of NSW

Rent arrears

As a tenant you have rights under the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 and Residential Tenancies Regulation 2019. This factsheet summarises the law in NSW about arrears – being behind in rent or…
Read more
Factsheet: Rent increases

Rent increases

As a tenant you have rights under the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 and Residential Tenancies Regulation 2019. This factsheet summarises the law in NSW about how rent may be increased,…
Read more
Submission

Submission: Response to Fair Trading discussion paper "Statutory Review of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010"

The Tenants’ Union is pleased to provide this response to NSW Fair Trading’s discussion paper for the statutory review of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010. This contribution forms part of our…
Read more

 

RENT TRACKER

Renting Increase Negotiation Kit

PODCASTS

Renting Bytes podcast

SUPPORT OUR WORK