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The dishes are piling up by the sink. They haven’t cleaned the bathroom in weeks. Then you’re asked to cover their rent. When sharing a house can go horribly wrong.

Mould has always been an issue for Nada Suzal’s apartment, but four years ago, it turned catastrophic. The toxic fungi crept up the walls of her public housing unit in Waverley and grew in spatters across her roof. It lined her bathroom window and took over her wardrobe, ruining her clothes. Mushrooms sprouted from the walls.

The NSW government wants universities to take more responsibility for housing international students as Sydney braces for tens of thousands of arrivals for the return of face-to-face learning.

Universities and Australia’s biggest student housing provider are using a loophole in legislation to avoid tough laws designed to protect renters.

Taking heed of mounting concerns over its potential implications, the NSW government has made the decision to abandon its push to outlaw rental bidding.

A state government has backflipped after its attempt to stop a hated practice by real estate agents was set to make things worse.

Nineteen community organisations have come together to warn the NSW Government’s proposed rent bidding legislation will spark legal rental auctions and further push up prices.

Tenants are continuing to feel the pinch of rising rent increases across the country.

Our tenancy service speaks to tenants every day about the terrible state of their public housing properties. The public housing maintenance system is not working, and the result is that many people in our community who are experiencing disadvantage are living in terrible conditions.

A fight to save the housing block ensues, with protests and a petition started, calling on the government to retain the public housing.