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Putting Illawarra and South Coast Renters on the Map

"I couldn’t afford the increase – but now I have nowhere else to go. I’m effectively being made homeless...
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Putting Hunter Renters on the Map

"I'm too scared to send any more follow up emails in case they decide I’m too much trouble and evict me...
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Putting Eastern Sydney Area Renters on the Map

"I’ve paid over $120,000 in rent in 6 years. I have a good rental history, but now I’m being evicted for no reason?
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Putting Central Coast Renters on the Map

"I have no option except to put my furniture into storage, my dogs into kennels and I’ll have to couch surf...
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Putting Blue Mountains Renters on the Map

"I'm not sure what's going to happen next year, I can feel the familiar anxiety and concerns rising...
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Banning rent bidding: what do the new protections do?

You have likely heard the NSW Government this week signed off on changes to introduce new protections against rent bidding. These will come into effect for any new listings from this Saturday,…
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Putting New England and Western NSW Renters on the Map

"16-year-old Lucy was pregnant and her partner was abusive. The agent refused to accept her DV termination...
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Pets & renting: what does the community have to say?

The NSW Government has just closed a 6-week consultation on keeping pets in rental homes. In addition to the Tenants' Union's policy submission, we created a Make Renting Fair campaign…
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Standing Strong – Tenant Advocates Conference

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…
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Submission: Keeping Pets in Rental Homes

A rental is not just a landlord’s investment property, it’s a person or family’s home. Renters should have the same rights as owner-occupiers to make simple choices to make the house they live…
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Make Renting Fair Submission: Keeping Pets in Rentals

This is a submission compiled of the contributions, stories and views from over 75 renters, collected via a survey on the Tenants’ Union of NSW website, through Tenants’ Union of NSW and Make…
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Annual Report 2021-2022

The 2021-2022 financial year began with Sydney under a strict four-month lockdown to curb an outbreak of the delta coronavirus variant and finished with severe weather, flooding, and a deepening…
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