Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Starting a Tenancy During the Tenancy Ending the Tenancy Rental Bond The Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Social Housing Share Housing Strata Scheme Tenants Residential Parks Special Groups of Tenants Tips for Tenant Advocates Getting Help Appendix 1 Sample Letters Appendix 2 Glossary

Reviews

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)