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Rights on Paper, Eviction in Practice

Vulnerable tenants are often expected to navigate housing problems at the very moment they are least able. At NCAT, vulnerable tenants may present with serious issues such as threatened eviction…
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two residents with apartment buildings behind them

What makes a 'functional' community?

Recently demolition fences started being placed around the first buildings in the Waterloo estate. This move attracted protests and prompted discussion about the estate renewal and the future of…
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Hamilton South residents at a site for a proposed community hall

Advancing Tenant Voice: Examining Tenant Participation

This report looks at 40 years of tenant participation initiatives in NSW public housing and explores them further through a case study of the Hamilton South estate in Newcastle.
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Erina and Duncan

Staying home in Warren Rd Marrickville

We report on a local campaign in Marrickville, and some of the issues it illustrates around the 'Affordable Housing' program.
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Goodbye no-grounds

Webinar: NSW tenancy reform – What's changed? What do we still want?

NSW rental laws have changed significantly over the last couple of years – but what do they actually look like in practice?
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Tenants' Union submission

Submission: Intergenerational Housing Inequity

Tenants' Union submission to the Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity
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Tenancy law has changed

Tenancy law has changed in NSW

After many years of campaigning, NSW renters won some significant improvements to tenancy law over 2024-2026. Find out more...
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Tenants' Union submission

Submission: Protection of Personal Information Bill

Tenants’ Union submission to the Inquiry into the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Protection of Personal Information) Bill 2025.
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Could a Human Rights Act transform renters rights in NSW?

NSW will soon have an inquiry into developing a Human Rights Act. What would legislating human rights achieve and what would it mean for renters? We explore in this blog.
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Group photo of the South West Listening

Tuesday Nights’ Chats - a month of watching, listening and discussing all things renting and more!

Renters’ rights advocates, renters and the Tenants’ Union staff have kept busy over four weeks with a line-up of events taking place across Sydney over consecutive Tuesday nights, and that’s not…
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Farewell no grounds

Annual Report 2024-2025

As we reflect on the past year, we proud to share the remarkable progress we have made together in advancing housing justice for renters across NSW.
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Homes NSW: From “Worst Landlord to Best”?

Homes for NSW Strategy for the next 10 years has been released and we take a close look at what the priorities and actions outlined in the Strategy could mean for social housing tenants.
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