Tenant's Rights Manual (Paperback)

Chris Martin

ISBN 10: 1862878927 / ISBN 13: 9781862878921

Published by Federation Press, Annandale, NSW, 2012

About this Item

Paperback. 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\nall 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\nan expanded chapter on social housing, with information about eligibility, rent rebates and public housing policies\na 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. The Tenants Rights Manual - NSW informs tenants of their rights and how they can act on them. The Manual is the tenancy 'bible' for tenants and people giving tenancy advice. It contains practical up-to-date material on a range of tenancy issues in a readable plain English format. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tenant's Rights Manual (Paperback)
• Publisher: Federation Press, Annandale, NSW
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1862878927
• ISBN 13: 9781862878921
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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.

This 4th edition is completely revised and updated, including:

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

an expanded chapter on social housing, with information about eligibility, rent rebates and public housing policies

a new chapter on marginal renting, with information for boarders and lodgers on the new Australian Consumer Law.

About the Author

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.