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…
The Residential Tenancies Amendment (Protection of Personal Information) Bill 2025 was introduced into NSW Parliament in June 2025. The Bill introduces a range of important reforms in relation…
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.
The Tenants’ Union of NSW welcomes the NSW Government's announcement of important changes to tenancy law in NSW which will provide better protections for renters personal information and…
Recently we published a new resource to help renters avoid rental scams. In this blog post, we explore what the state government needs to do to prevent scams happening in the first place.
We’ve been fighting for decades to strengthen renters' rights by changing law in NSW. Now it's finally happening. The reforms cap rent increases at once yearly, will end no-grounds…
In the process of finding a rental home, be aware that there are scammers who try to trick people into paying for places that either don’t exist or are completely different to the photos in the…
Paying rent is a fundamental part of your tenancy agreement. This factsheet summarises the law in NSW about how and when you must pay rent, rent payment methods, ledgers, and other rules.
On 19 May 2025, new tenancy rules came into effect for evictions, renting with pets, and a fee-free way to pay the rent. We celebrated this milestone with an action in Town Hall square with…
Pets are family! As a tenant you have rights under the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 and Residential Tenancies Regulation 2019. This factsheet explains the laws relating to keeping a pet at…
