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RLC's Melanie Bradfield spoke to SBS's 'The Feed' about what to do if your own home’s been damaged or flooded, whether you’re a tenant or a home owner.

Redfern Legal Centre’s (RLC) acting tenancy service co-ordinator Tom McDonald spoke to The Daily Telegraph about growing financial pressures Sydney tenants face as rental prices continue to soar.

The Department of Fair Trading has released a report making recommendations about changes that should be made to the Residential Tenancy Act 2010 as part of its five-year statutory review.

RLC has spent many years advocating for public housing tenants waiting for basic repairs to be done on their homes. The lack of action they experience, even after correct procedure is followed, can be detrimental to people’s health and wellbeing.

SBS speaks to Tenants' Advocate about how RLC can assist renters with issues relating to damage caused by Sydney's wild storms.

2 June 2016 In this federal election, for the first time, housing will matter - If you live in Sydney and care about housing come to Shelter's housing election forum.

With the review of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 still ongoing, RLC is pushing for law reform to protect all residents living in share housing.

14 March 2016 Originally published in the South Sydney Herald. In December last year, just before Christmas, the state government announced a plan to redevelop the Waterloo area over the next 20 years.

21 December 2015 Following the decision to build a new train station at Waterloo, rather than at the University of Sydney, the NSW Government have announced plans to redevelop a large area of the local social housing.

21 December 2015 New anti-social behaviour tenancy laws for social housing tenants came into effect on 18 December 2015.