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Putting Mid Coast Renters on the Map

"Renters are facing hardship and need help, individual renters can’t do it alone. It will take a village...
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Putting Inner West Renters on the Map

"I know tenants get exploited and mistreated even when the law is on their side... we felt like we had no chance.
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Putting Inner Sydney Renters on the Map

"I worked out that the current rental is the 60th time I have had to move in my life...
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Putting Illawarra and South Coast Renters on the Map

"I couldn’t afford the increase – but now I have nowhere else to go. I’m effectively being made homeless...
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Putting Hunter Renters on the Map

"I'm too scared to send any more follow up emails in case they decide I’m too much trouble and evict me...
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Putting Eastern Sydney Area Renters on the Map

"I’ve paid over $120,000 in rent in 6 years. I have a good rental history, but now I’m being evicted for no reason?
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Putting Central Coast Renters on the Map

"I have no option except to put my furniture into storage, my dogs into kennels and I’ll have to couch surf...
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Putting Blue Mountains Renters on the Map

"I'm not sure what's going to happen next year, I can feel the familiar anxiety and concerns rising...
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Banning rent bidding: what do the new protections do?

You have likely heard the NSW Government this week signed off on changes to introduce new protections against rent bidding. These will come into effect for any new listings from this Saturday,…
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Putting New England and Western NSW Renters on the Map

"16-year-old Lucy was pregnant and her partner was abusive. The agent refused to accept her DV termination...
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Pets & renting: what does the community have to say?

The NSW Government has just closed a 6-week consultation on keeping pets in rental homes. In addition to the Tenants' Union's policy submission, we created a Make Renting Fair campaign…
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Standing Strong – Tenant Advocates Conference

In November 2022 almost 100 Tenant Advocates and guests gathered on Yuin Country for our Annual Conference. The theme of the conference this year was "Standing Strong" – in reference…
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