Information for private and social housing tenants, people experiencing homelessness or at risk of being homeless, and homeowners with a mortgage.
Tenancy
Find out more about your rights and responsibilities as a private tenant, and what to do if you want to leave or your tenancy is terminated by your landlord.
If you have a legal problem in NSW, Legal Aid NSW is here to help you.
Homelessness Program Legal Service
The Homelessness Program Legal Service is a specialist service of Legal Aid NSW. It runs advice clinics in a number of metropolitan and regional areas.
NCAT Housing Appeals Advice Hotline
If you want to appeal a tenancy decision made by the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) Legal Aid NSW can give tenants free legal advice
Legal Aid NSW resources
Mortgage Stress
Guided pathway - Mortgage Stress. This guided pathway aims to give you information specific to your legal problem based on the responses you provide.
Unpaid Council Rates
This guided pathway explains what you can do if you have problems paying your council rates or if you have overdue rates, based on the responses you provide.