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The Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) − see above under ACT. The Kingsford Legal Centre has operated since 1981 at University of New South Wales, Kingsford as part of their Faculty of Law. [23] Marrickville Legal Centre is a non-profit community legal centre based in south-west Sydney but serving the whole of NSW, established in 1979. [24]
[8] [9] By 2018, Legal Aid NSW was administering funding to 29 WDVCAS across the State of NSW operated by a variety of locally-based, incorporated, not-for-profit, NGOs. [10] Service was being provided to women attending 117 Local Courts, with solicitors supplied through Legal Aid's Domestic Violence Practitioner Service.
The Aboriginal Housing Act (NSW) was passed by the Parliament of New South Wales on 26 June 1998 and the NSW Aboriginal Housing Office was established on 24 July 1998. The passing of the act acknowledged the NSW government's commitment to the management, development and reform of the Aboriginal housing sector in NSW and established the AHO as the single administrative agency for delivering ...
The Renters and Housing Union (RAHU) is a syndicalist tenants union based in Australia. [2] [3] RAHU organises for safe and secure housing through self-advocacy, education, and eviction defence. [4] This includes supporting tenants through processes like evictions [5] and bond recovery, with the union recouping $12,000 in members' bond money in ...
The organisation's work involves undertaking research and systemic advocacy around the needs of women prisoners and ex-prisoners at an institutional level, whilst also assisting ex-prisoners at an individual level through its mentoring program, the only such non-government service in New South Wales (NSW). [1] [9]
The Tenancy Division deals with breaches of leases, excessive rent increases, termination of the rental agreement, and the return of rental bonds. An order can be made up to $20,000 with respect to a rental bond or $10,000 for other matters. The Home Building Division deals with matters under The Home Building Act 1989 (NSW). The tribunal has ...
The Women's Legal Service NSW (WLS NSW) formerly the Women's Legal Resource Centre, is an independent, non-aligned, non-profit organisation funded by the Australian Commonwealth and state governments. It is part of the Community Legal Centre Network. WLS NSW promotes access to justice, particularly for women who are disadvantaged by their ...
A tenants union, also known as a tenants association, is a group of tenants that collectively organize to improve the conditions of their housing and mutually educate about their rights as renters. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Groups may also lobby local officials to change housing policies or address homelessness.