Early in 2014 the Tenants’ Union conducted a short online survey on Housing Affordability to gauge tenants' experiences and expectations of renting. 580 tenants responded. The most striking…
This submission has two purposes. First, it reviews the current state and recent history of the housing market, with particular attention to the huge inflation in house prices over the past two…
The Tenants' Union sought an indication of the extent to which the Boarding Houses Act 2012 applies to the roomshare market, and the extent to which registrable boarding houses in the room-…
The Tenants' Union submission to the Inquiry into Social, Public and Affordable Housing has two purposes. First, it reviews the current state and recent history of the housing market, with…
The 2012-2013 year saw the board and staff undertake some demanding work to ensure the Tenants’ Union continues in its mission to represent all tenants in NSW, whether they are private renters,…
In this brief submission the Tenants' Union focusses our remarks on the implications of the proposed New Planning System, and the Draft Metropolitan Strategy, for low income households in…
The Housing Payment Deduction Scheme would allow, in two circumstances, public housing authorities (‘public housing lessors’) to request the deduction of monies from the social security payments…
In this submission, the Tenants' Union is most concerned about the proposals in relation to the 1948 Act. We are strongly of the view that this Act must not be repealed. Hundreds of persons…
As a tenant in New South Wales, you are in good company: according to the 2011 Census more than 743,000 households live in rental housing. Read about the Tenants' Union's work for…
The draft Bill is a welcome measure of long-overdue law reform for the boarding house sector in New South Wales. The scope of the reform it seeks to achieve is, however, limited, and there are…
The Report analyses the way the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 has not affected a significant rebalancing of the landlord-tenant relationship while pointing out improvements in three areas of…
The Tenants’ Union of NSW supports the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Occupancy Agreements) Bill 2011 introduced by the Member for Sydney, Clover Moore, and commends it to other Members of…
