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    • Repairs, maintenance
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    • You want to leave
    • Security and safety
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    Aboriginal Housing and Housing Activism in NSW
    Cost of living in NSW survey 2023
    Tenants' Union joins May Day rally – workers rights and housing justice go hand in hand
    New sample letters
    Tenant advocates to National Cabinet: no time for half-measures on renters’ rights
    Tenants' Union photo competition winner captures anxiety for pets and renters alike
    More news

    Blog

    In case of emergency break glass: rental reforms needed urgently
    Tenants' Union at the Community Sector Blueprint launch
    Privacy, data and discrimination in renting
    A huge win for NSW renters
    NSW Election Announcement Tracker
    The 2023 NSW election could be a renters' election #RentersElection2023
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Starting a tenancy

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  • 1: The Residential Tenancies Act
  • 2: Starting a tenancy
  • 3: Bond
  • 7: Locks and security
  • 13: Strata scheme tenants
  • 17: Discrimination
  • 18: Transfer and sub-letting
  • 19: Tenant databases
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  • 1: Guarantor in guise of co-tenant
  • 2: Repairs before tenancy
  • 3: Holding fee dispute
  • 4: Bond not lodged
  • 5: Bond repayment to co-tenant (Stat Dec)
  • 8: Condition report dispute
  • 34: Request for consent to transfer co-tenancy
  • 35: Transfer of co-tenancy - consent withheld
  • 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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    In November 2022 almost 100 Tenant Advocates and guests gathered on Yuin Country for our Annual Conference. The theme of the conference this year was "Standing Strong" – in reference to the work Tenant Advocates do supporting tenants, especially through tough times like the last few years. 
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    Easy Read factsheets now available
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