No-grounds evictions – news and analysis

 

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Tuesday Nights’ Chats - a month of watching, listening and discussing all things renting and more!

Renters’ rights advocates, renters and the Tenants’ Union staff have kept busy over four weeks with a line-up of events taking place across Sydney over consecutive Tuesday nights, and that’s not…
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Farewell no grounds

Annual Report 2024-2025

As we reflect on the past year, we proud to share the remarkable progress we have made together in advancing housing justice for renters across NSW.
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Tenant Advocates

Rights & Roofs: TAAS Conference 2025

Tenant Advocates from across NSW came together in Wiradjuri for the annual TAAS Conference.
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NCAT Snapshot

NCAT Snapshot

A data dashboard based on data provided to us by the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal (NCAT). You can explore the types of applications being made by landlords and tenants across…
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A pie chart showing the different reasons landlords give for terminating a tenancy

The Changing Face of Renting: Trends from the End of Tenancy Survey

Analysing trends from the latest end-of-tenancy survey data.
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2 Year Progress Report Card on the Better Deal for Renters State by State represented by coloured squares

Better Deal for Renters - Two Years On

A new report card released today by the National Association of Renters’ Organisations and National Shelter shows that, two years after National Cabinet promised a “Better Deal for Renters,”…
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Tenants' Union Submission

Submission: Anti-Discrimination Act Review

The NSW Law Reform Commission is currently undertaking a review of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1967 NSW. The Tenants' Union participated in a stakeholder consultation meeting and submitted…
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Tenants' Union submission

Submission: NSW Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy

The Mental Health Commission of NSW is leading the development of the Strategy for Mental Health and Wellbeing in NSW. The Tenants' Union contributed to the consultation on this strategy…
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Boxes

Help protect against renovictions!

The NSW government has significantly weakened the rules surrounding evictions for renovations/repairs. Take action to demand they bring back and strengthen protections from 'renovictions.…
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Posters

Tenancy posters far and wide!

Look out for over 5,000 tenancy posters all across NSW – in local cafes, libraries, and on the streets! Or download and print them to put on a wall near you.
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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…
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Moving boxes

Renovictions – what can we learn from the Canadian experience? 

Amidst growing concern about "renovictions" we can look to jurisdictions in Canada to understand and protect against this unfair practice.
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