Illawarra and South Coast Tenants Advice & Advocacy Service (ISCTAAS)

 

CONTACT

Phone

(02) 4276 1939

Hours:

Mon:

9:30am-1:00pm, 2:00pm-4:30pm

Tue:

9:30am-1:00pm, 2:00pm-4:30pm

Wed:

9:30am-1:00pm, 2:00pm-4:30pm

Thu:

2:00pm-4:30pm

Fri:

9:30am-1:00pm, 2:00pm-4:30pm

Contact online

 

ABOUT

We are the tenants service at Illawarra Legal Centre.

We provide free information, advice and advocacy to renters. This includes help with applications and hearings in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal. ISCTAAS helps Homes NSW tenants, community housing tenants, Aboriginal housing tenants, permanent residents of caravan parks and manufactured home estates, boarders and lodgers, and private tenants.

Our services are available to renters the Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama, Wingecarribee, Shoalhaven, Eurobodalla, and Bega Valley areas.

NEWS

Rights & Roofs: TAAS Conference 2025

Tenant Advocates from across NSW came together in Wiradjuri for the annual TAAS Conference.
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Warrawong NAIDOC Family Fun Day 2025 – Celebrating Strength, Vision & Legacy  

This year’s Warrawong NAIDOC Family Fun Day was an incredible celebration of culture, community, and connection.
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Joint statement: Reinstate evidence requirements for evictions due to repairs or renovations

On Friday, 20th June, only five weeks after the new rental laws came into effect, ending no-grounds evictions, the NSW government significantly weakened the rules surrounding evictions for renovations/repairs. The NSW Government must commit to reinstating the evidence requirements for landlords seeking to evict a tenant due to significant repairs or renovations, and restore trust in the tenancy reform process— a joint st from the Tenants' Union and our sector partners.
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Submission: Indigenous Voice Codesign Process and the Interim Voice Report

We would like to thank the Advisory Team for their work in creating the Interim Report to the Australian Government on the Indigenous Voice Co-Design Process. Tenants’ Union of NSW welcomes the…
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COVID Eviction Moratorium ends; Transition Period begins

The COVID eviction Moratorium Period which began in April 2020 is coming to an end on 26 March. However a six-month Transition Period will follow, during which there will be limited protections…
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The long road

Rivergum Holiday Park at Corowa is a small community with about 45 residents including Bob Myles who was one of the first home owners to take an electricity dispute to the Tribunal under the…
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Kincumber Nautical Village Appeal update

On 13 November 2020, Liesl Tesch, MP and Member for Gosford made a Private Members Statement in the NSW Parliament regarding Kincumber Nautical Village (KNV). Ms Tesch had become aware of the…
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Submission: Land Lease Communities Act Review

The Tenants’ Union welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the Discussion Paper on the Statutory Review of the Residential Land Lease Communities Act (2013).
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40 organisations publish open letter calling for stronger protections during COVID transition

40 community organisations sign on today to Open Letter calling for stronger protections and additional financial support for COVID impacted renters through transition 
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Submission: Buying in NSW, Building a Future

The Tenants' Union of NSW is pleased to provide comment on NSW Treasury’s proposal for reforms to our current tax system. We are primarily interested in the experience of people who rent…
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Submission: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Income Support) Bill 2021

The Tenants' Union's work, and that of the Tenants Advice and Advocacy Services we work alongside, brings us into frequent contact with very low, low- and moderate-income households…
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Submission: Response to the Discussion Paper on the Statutory Review of the Residential (Land Lease) Communities Act 2013

The Tenants’ Union welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the Discussion Paper on the Statutory Review of the Residential Land Lease Communities Act (2013). Part 1 of our submission sets…
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Open Justice and the Tribunal (NCAT)

The Tenants' Union NSW recently provided a short submission to the NSW Law Reform Commission's Open Justice Review currently underway. We focused on two key issues. First, the…
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Responses to Homelessness, January 2021

Check out our submission to the NSW Audit Office's Audit of the NSW Government's responses to homelessness. Everyone deserves a safe, secure, affordable home, and the NSW Government is…
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Submission: Law Reform Commission’s Open Justice Review – Court and tribunal information

Given the nature of the Tenants' Union's work, this submission focuses on two specific areas concerning open justice and civil matters, specifically matters relating to tenancy, social…
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