When a neigbour can cause issues for your tenancy
What are the risks to your tenancy when a neighbour causes damage to a property that you rent? In this case a real world example is when a property consists of three dwelling, two managed by a real estate agent and the other direct leased by the owner. The tenant's in the landlords direct lease does not receive periodic inspections that the other two dwellings receive from the real estate agent.
Foodbank – New Zealand
Every year thousands of food parcels are distributed to New Zealanders from all walks of life who struggle to make ends meet with rising living costs. Sadly, the first sacrifice is the food budget and many families are forced to seek food assistance from their local foodbank. Foodbank New Zealand is a charitable organisation that raises funds to purchase food for foodbanks around the country so they have the ability and resources to meet the increasing demand for assistance. We also facilitate the collection of donated food which is distributed to foodbanks and other community organisations.
Foodbank Australia – Families in Australia are struggling
We all know how important it is to ensure families are receiving adequate food to maintain wellbeing and reduce health related issues that can not only become serious issues but can increase costs of providing health. Recent reports show that the numbers of families that struggle to provide regular meals for themselves and their families in increasing around Australia.
Health Services in Darwin – Why people don’t stay in the Northern Territory
Recently the Northern Territory opened a new hospital in the Darwin region, located in the city of Palmerston. To most residents this was seen as a positive move towards relieving waiting times for health care currently experienced at Royal Darwin Hospital, the new Palmerston Regional Hospital is quite a distance from Darwin but better for servicing residents in the Palmerston region.
Residential Tenancy Dispute Filing Fees – Australia and New Zealand
This article is a guide to what filling fees are required when a tenant needs to file a residential tenancy dispute with a court or tribunal within Australia or New Zealand.
Unfortunately, Residential Tenancies Acts and dispute processes are not harmonised in Australia and can become overwhelming for tenants with legitimate claims. When the process in complex or costly we believe that many legitimate breaches are not filed and this does not improve the real estate industries professional conduct.
Anglicare Australia – Rental Affordability Snapshot 2018
The Rental Affordability Snapshot is designed to highlight the lived experience of looking for housing while on a low income. It focuses on the Australian population who earn the least income – Commonwealth benefit recipients and minimum wage earners. Each year in April, Anglicare Australia agencies across Australia search local newspapers and real estate websites for rental accommodation. And each year the results clearly demonstrate the lack of affordable and appropriate housing for people on low incomes.
Rental rights you didn’t know you had – choice.com.au
Traada Information Services and TechnicaOne Business Solutions are Australian businesses that supports consumer rights, our businesses are based on great service, quality tested products and strong privacy commitments to our customers, we consider our conduct in our business as best practice and we have 100% satisfaction reports from our customers, The Tenancy Toolbox project is an extension of our business and our commitment to ensure that consumer protection systems designed to protect consumers actually work. As a business we are also consumers and as a result we are consumer advocates.
How do you rate your local Community Legal Service or Tenants’ Union?
We are seeking Tenant experiences when seeking advice from your local community legal services, Tenants' Union, Consumer Affairs or Tribunal. If you have had an experience (good or bad) we would love to hear from you, information is confidential and will be used to help us understand the types of issues tenants' are experiencing, what level of support you have received, if the matter was resolved, would you use the Legal Service, Union or Tribunal in the future.
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