Share Housing Survival Guide

Record high rents and a lack of affordable housing mean that each year, more and more people are moving into sharehouses. Now in its fourth edition, The Share Housing Survival Guide is designed to provide both practical and legal information for people in share housing. This guide is based on the law applying to residents in NSW in June 2024. Please also note that tenancy laws in NSW are changing – check out a summary of the tenancy law changes here. 

The Share Housing Survival Guide is produced and maintained by the Inner Sydney Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service, a tenants’ advice service housed within Redfern Legal Centre.

See also

• Factsheet 15: Share housing
• Factsheet 18: Transfer and sub-letting
• Factsheet 14: Boarders and lodgers
• Factsheet 27: Boarding Houses Act
• Factsheet 11: NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
• Factsheet 12: Domestic Violence
• Sample share housing agreement
• Podcast episodes: Full house, and Tenants facing additional barriers part 1
• Easy Read fact sheet: When you live in a share house
• Share Houses resources
• Boarding Houses resources
• International students resources
• New Renters Kit