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Tenants' Union briefing

Briefing: Residential Tenancies Amendment (Protection of Personal Information) Bill 2025

The Residential Tenancies Amendment (Protection of Personal Information) Bill 2025 was introduced into NSW Parliament in June 2025. The Bill introduces a range of important reforms in relation…
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Help protect against renovictions!

The NSW government has significantly weakened the rules surrounding evictions for renovations/repairs. Take action to demand they bring back and strengthen protections from 'renovictions.…
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Joint statement: Reinstate evidence requirements for evictions due to repairs or renovations

On Friday, 20th June, only five weeks after the new rental laws came into effect, ending no-grounds evictions, the NSW government significantly weakened the rules surrounding evictions for…
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Renovictions – what can we learn from the Canadian experience? 

Amidst growing concern about "renovictions" we can look to jurisdictions in Canada to understand and protect against this unfair practice.
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Tenants' Union news

New laws to protect renters privacy and improve advertising

The Tenants’ Union of NSW welcomes the NSW Government's announcement of important changes to tenancy law in NSW which will provide better protections for renters personal information and…
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Tenants' Union comment

Tenants' Union response to NSW Budget 2025-26

The Tenant’s Union recognises the NSW state budget handed down today by the Treasurer which includes a range of items intended to assist with the housing and justice needs of the community.
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Renting and solar power in NSW

Over the last decade we have seen a dramatic uptake in solar panels on Australian homes, but a large portion of the population has been excluded from the benefits: renters. These benefits…
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Factsheet: Renting with pets

Pets

Pets are family! As a tenant you have rights under the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 and Residential Tenancies Regulation 2019. This factsheet explains the laws relating to keeping a pet at…
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Listening to Renters' Voices

In 2024 we organised a series of innovative Renters’ Forums in partnership with the Sydney Alliance and the NSW Rental Commissioner, NSW Fair Trading.
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Rent Tracker Area Tool

Use this tool to explore how the price and supply of rental homes has changed across all districts of Sydney and regional areas of NSW.
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Renters have rights – a short summary

A very short guide to tenants' legal rights in New South Wales.
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Title reads: What did we learn about Rent Bidding? with an image of a magnifying glass overlaid on a copy of a government report.

What did we learn about Rent Bidding?

NSW Fair Trading have released their report Bidding in the NSW Rental Market - Analysis and Regulatory Insights where they investigated rental market bidding behaviour in the past 10 years. Our…
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