The Tenants’ Union of Tasmania is a specialist Community Legal Centre for residential tenants. Our aim is to secure the rights of all tenants by providing free legal advice, representation and education, as well as advocating for the improvement of tenants’ rights.
Renting in Tasmania? We provide FREE advice for public and private residential tenants.
Rents in Tasmania increased slightly in the December quarter of 2024. Rents in the North increased by 1.5 per cent which was the highest in the State, while rents in the South and North West increased by 0.5 and 0.4 per cent respectively. Rents for 3-bedroom properties rose most in the Hobart City and Kingston […]
We are calling for safety switches to be mandatory in all rental properties. Currently, many rental properties do not have safety switches which means that there is a risk of injury or death from an electric shock.
A joint letter was recently sent to the Government about the pets in rental bill. Despite the Government committing to further consultation, none of the signatories including the RSPCA, TasCOSS, Shelter Tas, the Dogs’ Home of Tasmania or the Tenants’ Union of Tasmania have been contacted. Donate Like our work? Help us do […]
Do you like our work? You can now make a small (or large) donation to help us do more of it! There are currently 57,762 rental households in Tasmania. Our core business is to provide information, advice and representation to renters when issues regarding their homes arise. In the financial year 2022/23 we helped a […]
We offer telephone advice statewide and face-to-face advice in three locations, Hobart, Launceston and Devonport.
Our solicitors and tenancy workers can advise you on how to present your case if you need to go to Court, and in certain circumstances can represent you in Court with your tenancy matter.
We teach about residential tenancy in Tasmania. Any interested group. Introduction to Advanced. Face-to-face and soon online.
We sell leases that comply with Tasmanian residential tenancy law. They can be purchased in Hobart, Launceston and Devonport.
