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Housing Beyond reach of Most Vulnerable
Posted: 22-May-2013
Canberra's property market may be softening but finding affordable accommodation still remains a str..
Generation Y: Home ownership a distant goal
Posted: 07-May-2013
By consumer affairs reporter Amy Bainbridge (http://www.abc.net.au/news/amy-bainbridge/3938908)..
Lords of the Land Let Loose (Opinion piece)
Posted: 30-Apr-2013
By John Birmingham (opinion) The Sydney Morning Herald The landlord came at them with a baseb..
2013 Anglicare Rental Affordability Snapshot
Posted: 29-Apr-2013
The 2013 Anglicare Australia Rental Affordability Snapshot report (http://www.anglicare.asn.au/s..
Poor priced out of Canberra rental market, says Anglicare
Posted: 29-Apr-2013
By Stephanie Anderson Welfare groups are calling on the federal and ACT governments to boos..
Parking on the roadside
Posted: 15-Apr-2013
Under the Australian Road Rules, parking on footpaths and nature strips is an offence. Parking on th..
Young homeless people share their experiences
Posted: 15-Apr-2013
Young people shared their experiences of life on the streets through art to mark Youth Homelessn..
Qld Tenancy services to disappear
Posted: 11-Apr-2013
BREAKING NEWS – QLD Department says no extension to current contracts 23 TAAS service..
Workers in low-paid jobs consigned to 'rent trap'
Posted: 28-Mar-2013
By Stephanie Anderson, The Canberra Times Workers in some of the capital's lowest-paid profe..
ACT, very liveable except for climate and housing
Posted: 05-Mar-2013
5 March 2013 Canberrans think their city is clean and safe, helping it to second place on a ..
Giant architect built for justice
Posted: 05-Mar-2013
February 23, 2013 (0) COL JAMES, 1936-2013 Col James was a giant who took great st..
Housing for vulnerable at crisis point
Posted: 27-Feb-2013
by Stephanie Anderson Welfare groups are calling for more government investment in accommod..
Cooperatives: An Answer to Affordable Housing
Posted: 25-Feb-2013
BY Farz Edraki, Freelance writer and editor of ANU student newspaper Woroni* Australia is ..
ACT Shelter Member Consultation - February Forum
Posted: 15-Feb-2013
Member Consultation on Ageing out of place Time 1.45 to 2.15pm ..
Are you enrolled to vote?
Posted: 07-Feb-2013
Last week Prime Minister Gillard announced that the next federal election will take place on Sat..
A tiny shack for $300 a week? The real crisis in housing
Posted: 24-Jan-2013
There’s a crisis in the housing market — and it’s not about..
No specialist tenant representation funded for tenancy law review
Posted: 09-Jan-2013
Today the Tenants’ Union of Queensland (TUQ) confirmed that they will not be funded by the..
Housing Stress on the Rise
Posted: 13-Dec-2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 By Jackie Hanafie The demand for social housing in Aus..
New IUT publication: Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity - The Role of Housing
Posted: 12-Dec-2012
The International Union of Tenants (IUT) are pleased to present their brand new brochure "Active..
Cherished Possessions Lost in Public Housing Blunder
Posted: 29-Nov-2012
Thursday, 29 November, 2012 By Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie THE AGE WHE..
Onus Now on States to Meet O'Connor's Homelessness Challenge
Posted: 15-Nov-2012
Wednesday, 14 November, 2012 Media release: National Shelter National housing p..
Wake-up call as homelessness rises
Posted: 13-Nov-2012
The rate of homelessness in the ACT has jumped by 70 per cent in the past five years, a figure t..
Special Guest Speaker at the ACT Shelter November Forum
Posted: 12-Nov-2012
ACT Shelter November Forum Presented in conjunction with ACT Tenants' Union and International ..
Launch of National Housing Priorities Calls for National Housing Strategy
Posted: 31-Oct-2012
Tuesday, 30 October, 2012 Media release: National Shelter On the eve of the National Housing..
Research shows most renters evicted without cause or reason
Posted: 31-Oct-2012
Tuesday, 30 October, 2012 Media release: Tenants' Union of Queensland New research released t..
Legal Australia-Wide Survey: Legal Need in Australia
Posted: 19-Oct-2012
The long-awaited report by the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW into legal need in Australia wa..
Commonwealth Government provides $3.3m emergency funding for QLD TAAS
Posted: 03-Oct-2012
MEDIA RELEASE THE HON BRENDAN O’CONNOR MP Minister for Housing ..
International Tenants' Day Art Competition Winners!
Posted: 03-Oct-2012
Each year, to celebrate International Tenants' Day, the Tenants' Union ACT puts on an art compet..
Renters miss out again! In Reserve Bank interest cuts
Posted: 03-Oct-2012
Wednesday, 3rd October, 2012 Media release: National Shelter National housing peak Natio..
Celebrating International Tenants Day with a story about the ups and downs of finding a home
Posted: 02-Oct-2012
The launch of the ACT Tenants' Union International Tenants' Day Exhibition was held on Monday 24..
International Tenants' Day Art Exhibition
Posted: 24-Sep-2012
Vote on the People's Choice Award and win! It's on again this year The International T..
Housing stress and energy poverty – a deadly mix?
Posted: 20-Sep-2012
Housing stress and energy poverty – a deadly mix? By Alan Morris (http://theconversa..
Not one tenant advocate left in QLD while Government moves in to change tenancy laws
Posted: 18-Sep-2012
Media release: The Tenants Union of Qld In an aftermath of Tuesday’s state budget not..
Landlords encourage rent bidding
Posted: 18-Aug-2012
Renters are being asked to put their money where their mouth is as landlords encourage them to o..
Students demand lift in ANU accommodation investment
Posted: 18-Aug-2012
Students are calling on the Australian National University to increase investment in on-campus a..
QLD Tenancy support cuts affect domestic violence victims
Posted: 15-Aug-2012
Tenancy support cuts affect domestic violence victims Domestic Violence Cairns current..
Vulnerable Victorians struggle to get private rental
Posted: 13-Aug-2012
The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission today released a report t..
Save Tenant Services in QLD
Posted: 06-Aug-2012
The Queensland government recently cut funding to all 23 free tenant advice services statewide e..
"The Importance of a Home" - Homeless Persons Week 2012
Posted: 05-Aug-2012
“Homing in on the real issues of homelessness” is the theme of Homeless Persons&rsqu..
Home Energy Audits
Posted: 31-Jul-2012
Learn how to reduce costs and consumption, improve comfort and add value to your home with the h..
Qld govt sacrifices tenant groups
Posted: 25-Jul-2012
24 July 2012 THE Queensland government will scrap a program that provides advice and legal r..
Tenants left without assistance
Posted: 25-Jul-2012
25 July 2012 The QLD State government has announced the closure of the QLD Tenant Advice and..
Share house plan dropped in public housing shake-up
Posted: 11-Jul-2012
July 10, 2012 Queensland public housing tenants will not be forced to share their homes with..
Homeswest wrongly boards up house
Posted: 10-Jul-2012
Homeswest boarded up a tenant's house last week by mistake. The tenant, Georgina Phillips ..
No improvement in ACT home affordability
Posted: 03-Jul-2012
Almost half of what Patricia Finkel earns is consumed by housing costs. Despite having a good e..
More Evidenceof the housing Crisis from COAG
Posted: 02-Jul-2012
On Friday the COAG Reform Council, headed by Paul McClintock, released its third annual report on pe..
Should Public Housing Tenants be Forced to Move?
Posted: 21-Jun-2012
According to a report in The Australian last week, the Queensland Housing Minister, Dr Bruce Flegg, ..
ACT "Slum" Landlord sentenced
Posted: 20-Jun-2012
Canberra’s so-called “slum” landlord has been sentenced to 450 hours of community ..
ACT delivers Reform While States Rely on RBA
Posted: 06-Jun-2012
Australians for Affordable Housing has welcomed the Reserve Bank’s interest rate cut today but..
Government aims at "hell of a lot more" Affordable Housing
Posted: 06-Jun-2012
ACT Budget 2012-13 The ACT Government is aiming to deliver "a hell of a lot more" affordable ho..
Canberra's rental crisis "worst" of any city in the country
Posted: 30-Apr-2012
Canberra's rental affordability crisis has been labelled the worst for any city in the country after..
Environment and Planning Issues
Posted: 30-Apr-2012
Are you interested in these issues: City to Gungahlin rapid transport (http://timetotalk.act...
How can you survive on Newstart?
Posted: 30-Apr-2012
Last week I tried to live on the equivalent of Australia's unemployment benefit – the Newstart..
Charter Launched for Social Housing in Scotland
Posted: 03-Apr-2012
HOUSING and Transport Minister, Keith Brown MSP, today launched Scotland’s first Social Ho..
Study outlines options for overcrowded legal groups
Posted: 28-Mar-2012
An ACT Government study has agreed the overcrowded, decades-old former hostel housing Canberra's com..
Planning issues
Posted: 26-Mar-2012
If you are interested in ACT planning and environmental issues you can subscribe to "The ..
Have your say
Posted: 19-Mar-2012
Do you have any issues you would like to highlight about Housing ACT and Community Services Dire..
Court urged to jail ACT 'slum' lord
Posted: 17-Mar-2012
A man who ran overcrowded ''slum'' boarding houses in Canberra's north should be sentenced to prison..
Residential Tenancies Databases
Posted: 16-Mar-2012
Residential Tenancies Act Amendments On 29 February 2012 amendments to the Residential Tenancie..
Mixed response to new ANU accommodation
Posted: 07-Mar-2012
New on-campus accommodation featuring expansive views and a rooftop garden has done little to help s..
Call for Affordable Housing
Posted: 08-Feb-2012
Community and Industry come together to demand this year’s Budget deliver for those in housing..
Men fined over state of crowded house
Posted: 01-Dec-2011
A local construction company wound up on the wrong side of the law when the strain of finding lodgin..
CONSULTATION BEGINS ON REGULATION OF COMMUNITY HOUSING SECTOR
Posted: 28-Nov-2011
The Federal Government has launched a public consultation process on a national regulatory system fo..
Suspension of service
Posted: 22-Nov-2011
We will be suspending our Tuesday night advice line effective immediately due to insufficient re..
Gillard Government Commits to Pay Rise for Social and Community Workers
Posted: 10-Nov-2011
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE PRIME MINISTER Minister for Workplace Relations GILLARD GOVERNME..
Northbourne Flats, What about the tenants?
Posted: 10-Nov-2011
The redevelopment of the Northbourne Flats will lead to a reduction of about 150 public housing prop..
Northbourne Flats reborn
Posted: 08-Nov-2011
A dramatic remodelling of the Northbourne Flats in Turner, providing more than 900 homes is the ..
Public Submissions close 18 November
Posted: 07-Nov-2011
INVITATION FOR PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS Social housing is provided by the ACT Government through Hous..
Cost of housing high, and getting higher
Posted: 20-Sep-2011
A new report shows increasing numbers of Australians are being locked out of the housing market, wit..
BOND LOANS DON'T SOLVE HIGH RENTS, AGENCY SAYS
Posted: 29-Aug-2011
A government program assisting Canberrans with bond costs is failing to address the issue of high re..
CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR 'SLUM' LANDLORD
Posted: 28-Jul-2011
Wednesday, 27 July, 2011 The man accused of running “slum” boarding houses in Canbe..
Tenant News Out Now
Posted: 12-Jul-2011
Articles on the campaign for minimum rental standards, rental agent rip-offs, energy efficiency ..
Fair Go! Rentals
Posted: 03-May-2011
Fair Go! Rentals is a campaign to set minimum rental standards in the ACT. Greens MLA Sha..
'REA Transactions' Debits
Posted: 03-Mar-2011
The Tenants' Union has received reports that tenants are having money deducted from their bank a..
Tenant News Out Now
Posted: 17-Nov-2010
Articles on ACT mass evictions, community housing, energy saving ideas, improving tenancy laws a..
Tenants' Union on Facebook
Posted: 16-Nov-2010
Join if you’re a tenant or occupant and want to help spread the word about our service and sta..