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Zoom forum: Opportunities to Make Renting Fair in NSW after the #RentersElection23

Thu, 13/04/2023 - 16:01
Screenshot from a Zoom forum showing 30 tiles of people's faces
Join the Opportunities to Make Renting Fair in NSW after the #RentersElection23 Zoom forum at 6pm on Thursday, 4 May, to celebrate the wins achieved by and for renters over the past few months, and join the conversation about what the NSW election outcome means for renters and the types of reforms we hope to see swiftly implemented by a new Labor government.
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In case of emergency break glass: rental reforms needed urgently

Thu, 13/04/2023 - 09:46
Graphic image depicting red box reading: In case of emergency break glass. Make Renting Fair logo behind glass.
Almost everyday for the last few months the Tenants’ Union has received calls or emails from journalists asking us to talk about the rental crisis and its impact on people’s lives. They ask, “How bad is it? Is this the worst you’ve seen?” The rental housing crisis in NSW is an emergency, we need to ‘break glass’ and act immediately.
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Tenants' Union at the Community Sector Blueprint launch

Fri, 31/03/2023 - 14:00
Main text says Webinar: Community Sector Blueprint for Minimum Energy Efficiency Rental Standards. In the background there is a building with blue and white. The front door is yellow.
Recently, the Tenants' Union of NSW attended the Community Sector Blueprint launch hosted by the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS). The event focused on how the Blueprint is a necessary resource for providing a clear idea of what a good national framework for renters could look like.
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Through a Renter's Lens: "We make our own homes"

Fri, 31/03/2023 - 10:00
Close up of Rod Smith, city in the background. He is smiling and has a blue shirt on.
Rod Smith is the winner of the People category in the Tenants' Union’s recent photography competition. This week he dropped into our offices to pick up his framed winning photograph and we had a chat with him about taking part.
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Incoming Minns’ government needs to implement promised reforms to our renting system urgently

Tue, 28/03/2023 - 11:03
Hand placing a piece of paper into a brown ballot box. Tenants' Union logo in the top right hand side of the image.
Tenants' Union of NSW welcomes incoming Minns Government and encourages immediate action to deliver on promised urgent reforms for renters
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Privacy, data and discrimination in renting

Fri, 24/03/2023 - 13:09
Sign on a pole saying ‘for rent’
We recently asked renters to share with us what kinds of information had been requested from them when applying for a rental property. This is what they told us.
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Through a Renter's Lens – photo competition exhibition night

Wed, 08/03/2023 - 15:18
People at the photo exhibition
A special exhibition at Customs House showcased the top entries from our renter's photo competition. The exhibition gave renters’ a platform to share their stories directly with other members of the community, advocates, and organisations dedicated to housing justice. Over 100 people from all over Sydney came to view and celebrate the renters’ photography. Zoe Norton Lodge brought humour and sparkle in her role as MC, and Leo Patterson Ross (Tenants’ Union CEO) thanked the photographers for sharing their experiences and allowing us to see behind the headlines of the renting crisis.
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Through a Renter's Lens – photo competition top entries

Wed, 08/03/2023 - 10:12
Photos from the photo competition
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 the three themes of People, Place and Pets. Beyond technical skill, aesthetic appeal and excellent composition, the renter photographers were able to capture the human side behind the rental crisis currently gripping NSW.
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NSW to ban ‘no grounds’ evictions for renters during periodic tenancies

Fri, 03/03/2023 - 16:31
NSW to ban 'no grounds' evictions for renters text with party ribbons in the background
Regardless of the outcome of the upcoming election on 25 March, NSW will see an end to ‘no grounds’ evictions during periodic tenancies. Achieving cross-party support for ending ‘no grounds’ evictions during periodic agreements is a huge step forwards that will improve the security of renters all across NSW.
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A huge win for NSW renters

Fri, 03/03/2023 - 12:47
Make Renting Fair supporters at Westmead Assembly
Today the NSW Liberals and Nationals joined NSW Labor and the NSW Greens and committed to ending 'no grounds' evictions for periodic (or rolling) tenancies. This means we really have a never-before-seen consensus on the principle that rented homes need to be stable homes, and that a modern tenancy system would support this.
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