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Renoviction but no renovation?

What if you got 'renovicted' and then there was no renovation? That's just what happened to Natalie...
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Michael

Anderson’s Win Settles More than One Dispute on Unfair Contract Terms

While new land lease community laws have been in place for over a year prohibiting the use of multiple elements in a fixed method of site fee increase, last year one case challenged the practice…
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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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Tenants' Union Comment

Share Housing: A Case for Certainty and Stronger Protections

Recent reforms to NSW renting laws — including the end of “no grounds” evictions and better rights for tenants with pets — have been widely welcomed, but for the growing number of people who…
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Ageing on the Edge NSW Coalition

Join the fight for housing justice for older people in NSW

Across NSW, too many older people live in unaffordable and insecure housing and may be at risk of homelessness. The Lived Experience Action Group (LEAG) is a group of older people with…
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Outasite

Outasite – land lease communities magazine

We have just published issue 13 of Outasite – our print publication for land lease communities. Over 6,000 copies were delivered to mailboxes in communities all over NSW.
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Graham Cravigan

There's still time to negotiate fixed-method site-fee increases

If you are a home owner with non-compliant fixed-method site fee increases, you can still act on your rights. But be quick!
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Evacuation procedure

Operator responsibilities around emergencies and evacuation procedures

The operator of a land lease community has a responsibility to have emergency evacuation procedures in place. With this responsibility there is also a requirement to reasonably ensure residents…
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News

Pet hair bill in a land lease community

We were recently informed that a home owner received a bizarre letter of demand from their operator for the cost to remove some dog hair that had strayed over their site boundary.
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Trash talk

This story makes good use of bad rubbish – thanks to the advocacy of a land lease community Residents Association!
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