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RENTING DURING COVID-19
CHECK RENTS IN YOUR AREA
ALL FACTSHEETS & RESOURCES

KEY TOPICS:

KEY TOPICS

Starting a tenancy
Rent
Bond
Repairs and maintenance
Utilities - electricity, water, gas
Privacy and access

KEY TOPICS COLUMN 2

Eviction
You want to leave
Security and safety
Domestic violence
Discrimination
The Tribunal (NCAT)

KEY TOPICS COLUMN 3

Share houses
Boarders and lodgers
Aboriginal renters
Public and community housing
Strata
Land lease communities noticeboard

Get advice from your local service...

Do you have a Tribunal hearing date? Click here to request advice.

Click here for a list of all Tenants Advice and Advocacy Services in NSW...

Aboriginal Tenant Services

NEWS:

Review underway

New housing news service launched

Practical advocacy for social housing tenants

No country for young renters

Using artificial intelligence to improve access to justice

Tenants' Union Annual Report 2019-2020

BLOG:

Housing people with a hoarding disorder - what should a best practice approach look like?

Fire safety in your rented home

Forced out during a health crisis: Renters' stories #MovingMonday

Promise of a big spend on social housing: Did the NSW budget deliver?

Tracking NSW Govt Future Direction Commitments

80 to 55: the case for lowering the age for early allocation of social housing in NSW

More blog posts

MORE:

News and policy key headings

Renting during COVID-19
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Tenant News
Land lease community news

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2: Repairs before tenancy
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43: Request to amend tenancy database listing
44: Request for confirmation of listing on tenancy database
48: Transfer of tenancy document

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