The Tenants' Union's interest in climate change and energy costs for tenants is ongoing. We have been involved in consultative processes and programs concerning energy efficiency. We…
The Tenants' Union of NSW made this submission to the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation's Easy and Transparent Trading consultation process.
In this submission, the Tenants' Union supports the intent of the consultation paper to improve transparency and consumer choice, but warns that neither of the current proposals will…
The NSW government introduction of legislation to introduce public housing bonds today lets down this week’s ‘budget with a strong heart’. People who need public housing are among the poorest in…
As the number of renters in New South Wales continues to grow it is more important than ever that policy decisions made by government are evidence-based. Currently the NSW government,…
The Tenants' Union is pleased to offer our comments on the NSW Fair Trading Complaints Register Guidelines. We think the register performs an important function for consumers and support…
The Tenants' Union is pleased to respond to the NSW Government’s Issues Paper on Protections for Residents of Long Term Supported Group Accommodation in NSW. By raising a number of…
Representing concerned housing, homelessness, tenant, legal and community organisations this letter was written to the Minister for Family and Community Services regarding the Inner Sydney Local…
The New South Wales Boarding Houses Act 2012 has now been in operation for five years. To assist in the review of the Boarding Houses Act 2012 this report assesses the Act on its own merits. For…
The Automatic Rent Deduction Scheme (ARDS) as proposed by the Social Services Legislative Amendment (Housing Affordability) Bill 2017 if passed will have a detrimental impact on arrears and debt…
The last 12 months has again been significant for the Tenants' Union and for renters in NSW. The next 12 look as equally interesting. 2017 has been dubbed ‘the year of the renter’ by Domain…
The Tenants' Union has been invited to make a contribution to the Committee’s inquiry into land release and housing supply. Unfortunately we are not in a position to make a detailed…
Between December 2016 and January 2017, the Tenants' Union of NSW and TAASs conducted a survey of people who have lived in a sharehouse over the last five years, to gather data and insights…
The Tenants’ Union of NSW has released a report examining the impact of Airbnb on rents in Sydney in advance of the government responding to its inquiry into short term lets. The key finding is…
In this Tenant's Union submission to the ‘Justice for everyday problems: Civil Justice in NSW’ consultation paper, we focus on ‘everyday’ problems of tenants and how the civil justice…
The Residential (Land Lease) Communities Act 2013 (the Act) commenced on 1 November 2015. It has now been in operation for just over a year and it is timely to consider what is working, and what…
Reform to encourage long fixed-term residential tenancy agreements holds limited potential to improve security of tenure and stability for tenants. TUNSW’s concerns about long fixed-term…
This year the Tenants' Union of NSW celebrated four decades of working for tenants’ rights. Read about our ongoing work for tenants in our Annual Report.
The Tenants' Union was invited to comment on FACS Housing’s Tenancy Bonds for Public Housing Policy and Operational Framework (Draft for consultation). We raised four objections.
