Making renting fairer in Western NSW
- thewesternherald
- Oct 31, 2024
- 1 min read
Western NSW Labor MP Stephen Lawrence has welcomed new laws aimed at making renting fairer across western NSW.
Mr Lawrence said that the current rental market in NSW is the toughest that tenants have seen for decades with historically low vacancy rates, rentals increasing by around 7 per cent over the last 12 months, and a system that leaves them vulnerable to eviction at any time.
According to Mr Lawrence, the Minns Labor Government’s rental package that has passed through the NSW parliament has made it easier for tenants renting in western NSW by the following improvements to rental laws:
• ‘No grounds’ evictions will be banned – requiring property owners to have valid reasons to end a lease.
• Rent increases are now limited to one per year
• It will be easier to have pets in rentals as landlords can only prevent pets on certain grounds.
• Tenants will have easy and free ways to pay their rent by requiring property owners and agents to offer zero-fee ways to pay such as bank transfer and Commonwealth Centrepay. […]
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