NSW Boarding House Sector – Members Update 2019
Boarding House (BH) Sector Update: 1. Amendment to the ARHSEPP 2009 passed. The NSW government has just passed its second amendment to the Affordable Rental Housing State Environmental Planning…
‘Shifting the power’: Labor vows to abolish no grounds eviction
NSW Opposition Leader Michael Daley has vowed to end “no grounds” evictions in the first 100 days of a Labor government, despite a recent tenancy law review recommending against it.…
Landlords left in the lurch as tenants leave rent to the last minute
When Sydneysider Caitlin Hession bought her Brunswick apartment off the plan in 2015, she thought she was making a smart financial move – Melbourne properties were much cheaper. She packed up and moved…
What are minimum rental standards and what do they mean for landlords and tenants?
New guidelines about standards for rental properties will remove ‘slum’ landlords from the market. or residential property investors and landlords who want to maintain the value of their assets, keeping…
Developers to fund schools, parks and roads under inner west rezoning changes
DEVELOPERS will foot the bill for new schools, parks and road upgrades to ease the pressure from thousands of new units planned for the inner west. The State Government has…
Fears increased regulation for landlords would harm Australia’s housing market unfounded: AHURI report
Fears Australia’s housing market would suffer if landlords faced increased regulation are unfounded, an international review has found. In countries with similar incentives for mum and dad investors, stronger regulations protecting tenants did not lead…