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KEY TOPICS:

KEY TOPICS

Starting a tenancy
Rent
Bond
Repairs and maintenance
Utilities
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
Residential land lease communities

Get advice from your local Tenant Advocate...

Click for a list of all Tenant Advice and Advocacy Services in NSW

NEWS:

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal – have your say

Q+A: Water restrictions, drought and rental bond

Changes to the law for 'protected tenants'

Tenant Advocates come together for Network Meeting

Thank you to our volunteers!

A tenant's guide to the NSW election 2019

BLOG:

Chilly house? Mouldy rooms? Here's how to improve low-income renters’ access to decent housing

In/formal housing – is more formality the answer?

Negative gearing is still not your friend

Theresa May shows Gladys the way on eviction reform

Do politicans vote with their property interests?

Big numbers and good intentions: Labor's Affordable Housing Plan

More blog posts

MORE:

News and policy key headings

Make Renting Fair
Papers & research
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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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Complaints to Fair Trading
Tenants guide to renting with pets
Tenants' Rights Manual
Share Housing Survival Guide (NSW)
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