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Land lease operators must abide by the new eviction laws for tenants

Jemma
A tenant recently shared this experience of renting a caravan in a land lease community in the Clarence Valley, NSW.
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Building Approvals Bill will mean changes for residential land lease communities

Tenants' Union News
The Building (Approvals and Practitioners) Bill 2026 (BAP Bill) was introduced to the Legislative Assembly in early May 2026 by the Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading Anoulack Chanthivong MP.
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NCAT’s procedural direction about Generative AI

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In April 2025 NCAT developed its own Procedural Direction regarding the use of Generative AI.
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Having a say: IPART consultations to improve energy market practices and experiences

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The NSW Government’s review into embedded networks generated a raft of amendments to energy legislation and there are continued reforms aimed at modernising embedded network service standards.
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Home Owner Appeals at NCAT on their Right to Site Dimensions and for a Community Map

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From time to time an NCAT decision is published where one or more of the orders have legal merit to succeed but for a range of possible reasons the justice that was sought doesn’t prevail.
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We want your feedback on our policy priorities!

Seeking feedback
We have updated our policy priorities to guide our work for the next 5 years, and we'd love your feedback!
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Take Part in Research Study: How have Home Energy Upgrades Changed Things for You?

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NSW State Budget 2026-27: Renters' bonds

Tenants' Union comment
There are many aspects of the NSW State Budget we could talk about, but we want to draw your attention to just one thing. What is going on with renters bonds?
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Rights on Paper, Eviction in Practice

Nancy
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, rent arrears, access issues, hoarding, unauthorised occupants, failure to attend a hearing, and more. However, in practice, these issues are usually linked to a wide range of other factors, including disability, mental illness, trauma, hospitalisation, cognitive impairment, family violence, lack of support, sudden loss of capacity, and others.
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What makes a 'functional' community?

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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 estates in general. On ABC Sydney the Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Rose Jackson, made a comment saying that estates, in particular 100% public housing estates, are not “functional communities.” This is an assertion worth discussing, because it goes to the heart of the strategy NSW brings to supporting public housing residents.
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