We chat with Grace Crowley-Shaw, Tenant Advocate at the Eastern Area Tenants' Service about Bond. Grace explains the purpose of bond, gives us some tips on getting your bond back and what you can do if the landlord makes a claim against your bond.

[Trigger warning: mention of domestic violence at 31:56]

Tenants' Union factsheets & resources:

• Bond 
• Easy way to claim your bond 
• The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal 
• Sample letter - bond dispute 
• Domestic violence and tenancy

Eastern Area Tenants' Service resources:

• How to protect your bond at the end of the tenancy 
• Defending your bond in the Tribunal 
• General advice on depreciation

Redfern Legal Centre resources:

• Share Housing Survival Guide

Need to go to NCAT but don't know where to start? Our panel of tenancy law specialists discuss the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), including what to expect, the conciliation process, gathering evidence and tips on how to prepare for a matter.

This episode features Grant Arbuthnot (Tenants’ Union of NSW), Julia Murray (New England and Western Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service) and Brett Webb (Northern Aboriginal Tenants Advice Service), hosted by Leo Patterson Ross (Tenants' Union of NSW).

For more information, please refer to the Tenants' Union of NSW's NCAT Factsheet. You can find your Local Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service here.

The Tenants' Union asks Ned Cooke, solicitor and team leader of the Inner Sydney Tenants' Advice and Advocacy Service, your questions about mould in tenancy. The audio for this episode was taken from a Q&A session live-streamed to facebook as part of our 'Mould on my mind' day of action. 

Tenants’ Union resources:

https://www.tenants.org.au/factsheet-24-mould

https://www.tenants.org.au/factsheet-06-repairs-and-maintenance

https://www.tenants.org.au/sample/rent-reduction

https://www.tenants.org.au/factsheet-16-ending-tenancy-early

https://www.tenants.org.au/factsheet-09-you-want-to-leave

https://www.tenants.org.au/factsheet-11-nsw-civil-and-administrative-tribunal

Make Renting Fair campaign:

www.rentingfair.org.au

Fair Trading information:

https://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/housing-and-property/renting/during-a-tenancy/health,-safety-and-security

Links to health information:

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/environment/factsheets/Pages/mould.aspx

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364032120303841

The Tenants' Union of NSW chat about negotiation with Julia Murray, an Advocate from the New England and Western Tenants Advice Service. We discuss how to prepare for a negotiation, what to expect and ways renters could go about negotiating with a landlord or real estate agent.

More information:
Tips: negotiating with the landlord: https://www.tenants.org.au/resource/rink
Rent tracker tool: https://www.tenants.org.au/resource/rent-tracker-postcode-tool
Rent increase factsheet: https://www.tenants.org.au/factsheet-04-rent-increases
Rent arrears factsheet: https://www.tenants.org.au/factsheet-05-rent-arrears
Bond factsheet: https://www.tenants.org.au/factsheet-03-bond
NCAT factsheet: https://www.tenants.org.au/factsheet-11-nsw-civil-and-administrative-tribunal