Overview

What can you do if your rent is going up? Who is responsible for what repairs? When can you be evicted? Where can you go if you have a problem with your landlord? The Tenants' Rights Manual - NSW has the answers to these and many other questions. Practical and easy to use, and including 44 sample letters, the Tenants' Rights Manual clearly explains tenants' legal rights and obligations and how to resolve problems before they become major disputes. \nThis 4th edition is completely revised and updated, including: \n \n all the changes to renting laws made by the Residential Tenancies Act 2010, including the new provisions about rent arrears, sales of premises, share housing and tenancy databases \n an expanded chapter on social housing, with information about eligibility, rent rebates and public housing policies \n a new chapter on marginal renting, with information for boarders and lodgers on the new Australian Consumer Law. \n \n\nProduced with assistance from the Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales and NSW Fair Trading.

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"Review of previous edition:There is an excellent chapter on ""Special Groups of Tenants"" which includes Strata Schemes Management Act 1996; Unit renters...; Public Tenants; Caravan Park & Manufactured Home Estate Park Tenants...; Warehouse Tenants; and Retirement Village Residents. ... There is an excellent section on Protected Tenants under the 1948 Act. Important recent developments such as anti-discrimination law are covered. Solicitors should draw to the attention of every real estate agent for or with whom they act or have dealings, the just decision of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board in Jennifer Lamb v Samuels Real Estate Pty Ltd (race discrimination). ... There is a good summary of the important Supreme Court decision in Swain v Residential Tenancies Tribunal in relation to the statutory 60 day ""no grounds"" notice of termination at the end of the term of the agreement(lease)... This edition of the Manual should be on the bookshelves of every legal practitioner. - Law Society Journal (NSW)"

Review of previous edition There is an excellent chapter on Special Groups of Tenants which includes Strata Schemes Management Act 1996; Unit renters...; Public Tenants; Caravan Park & Manufactured Home Estate Park Tenants...; Warehouse Tenants; and Retirement Village Residents. ... There is an excellent section on Protected Tenants under the 1948 Act. Important recent developments such as anti-discrimination law are covered. Solicitors should draw to the attention of every real estate agent for or with whom they act or have dealings, the just decision of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board in Jennifer Lamb v Samuels Real Estate Pty Ltd (race discrimination). ... There is a good summary of the important Supreme Court decision in Swain v Residential Tenancies Tribunal in relation to the statutory 60 day no grounds notice of termination at the end of the term of the agreement(lease)... This edition of the Manual should be on the bookshelves of every legal practitioner. - Law Society Journal (NSW)

Review of previous edition:There is an excellent chapter on Special Groups of Tenants which includes Strata Schemes Management Act 1996; Unit renters...; Public Tenants; Caravan Park & Manufactured Home Estate Park Tenants...; Warehouse Tenants; and Retirement Village Residents. ... There is an excellent section on Protected Tenants under the 1948 Act. Important recent developments such as anti-discrimination law are covered. Solicitors should draw to the attention of every real estate agent for or with whom they act or have dealings, the just decision of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board in Jennifer Lamb v Samuels Real Estate Pty Ltd (race discrimination). ... There is a good summary of the important Supreme Court decision in Swain v Residential Tenancies Tribunal in relation to the statutory 60 day no grounds notice of termination at the end of the term of the agreement(lease)... This edition of the Manual should be on the bookshelves of every legal practitioner. - Law Society Journal (NSW)

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Dr Chris Martin is the Senior Policy Officer of the Tenants’ Union of NSW, where he has worked for the past 10 years. He has also worked for a Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service, and a community housing provider. He is a past chairperson of Shelter NSW, and is currently a member of the NSW State Government’s Property Services Advisory Council. He holds honours degrees in economics and law, and a PhD, from the University of Sydney. His doctoral thesis is a study of public housing in New South Wales. Over 18 years he has lived in six rental properties in Sydney, variously as a tenant, co-tenant, head-tenant, sub-tenant and lodger.

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