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Sample letter: Invalid rent increase

Invalid rent increase

You can use this sample letter when you have received a notice of rent increase but you do not think it is valid.
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Sample letter

Offer to pay rent arrears

You can send this sample letter to your landlord when you have fallen into rent arrears, and would like to enter into a payment plan to pay off the rent arrears. If you have not received a…
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Sample letter

Payment of rent arrears

You can use this sample letter to let your landlord or agent know that you have paid off rent arrears and are now completely up to date with your rent. If you have received a termination notice…
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Briefing

Briefing: Tenants' guide to tax reform

Housing affordability is a key issue during the 2016 federal election. The presumed impact of reducing tax concessions for landlords has been a strong feature in media discussions, and in…
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Report

Report: Boarding Houses Education Project Evaluation

This report completes and evaluates the two-year Boarding Houses Education Project managed by the Tenants’ Union of NSW. The project commenced in April 2014 with the aim to develop and implement…
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Factsheet: Tenant Databases

Tenant databases

As a tenant you have rights under the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 and Residential Tenancies Regulation 2019. This factsheet summarises the law in NSW about tenant databases or ‘blacklists’…
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Factsheet: NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal

NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal

This factsheet introduces the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT).
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