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Through a Renter's Lens – photo competition top entries

Over the last few months we were delighted to host a statewide competition and exhibition of renters' photography. We were thrilled with the number and quality of entries we received on all…
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NSW Election Announcement Tracker

NSW Election Announcement Tracker: What renting policies have been announced ahead of the March 25 NSW election? What would these policies mean for NSW renters?
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'Putting Renters on the Map' with a map of NSW and photos of renters

Putting Renters on the Map

We are in the midst of a rental crisis. Renters are struggling to cope with soaring rents, lack of homes, massive energy bills, and the threat of eviction. That’s why the Tenants’ Union and the…
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Keith, white man standing in front of building and hedge.

Putting Western Sydney Renters on the Map

"Every time we move it's cost us about $3,000. Constant moving has put my family in a financial hole...
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Richard, white male with glasses, beard, blue eyes wearing a red t-shirt.

Putting Southern Sydney Renters on the Map

"We’ve been in our current place over 4 years now. We're lucky I guess, that's longer than a lot of renters get...
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Putting South West Sydney Renters on the Map

"I don’t know if we'll be able to stay in the local area. At inspections there are twenty or thirty other families there...
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Pamela Hunter, Community Services Manager, VERTO, a fair woman in an office with an Aboriginal painting in the background

Putting South West NSW Renters on the Map

"In 2022 the number of our clients affected by 'no grounds' eviction notices rose by a staggering 190%...
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Lauren, white woman with dark shoulder length hair holding her cat

Putting Northern Sydney Area Tenants on the Map

"The biggest problem for me is the instability, feeling unable to make the property your own, your home...
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Margaret, an older woman with fair skin in front of a corrugated iron wall

Putting Northern Rivers Renters on the Map

"Margaret lost all her possessions including her car in the floods, and then had to move seven times...
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Putting Mid Coast Renters on the Map

"Renters are facing hardship and need help, individual renters can’t do it alone. It will take a village...
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Putting Inner West Renters on the Map

"I know tenants get exploited and mistreated even when the law is on their side... we felt like we had no chance.
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Putting Inner Sydney Renters on the Map

"I worked out that the current rental is the 60th time I have had to move in my life...
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