Improved Rights may help to reduce homelessness
The report “A Better Lease on Life” was developed by the National Association of Tenant Organisations (NATO) and National Shelter in an effort to reduce homelessness through improvements to tenancy laws.
The report makes a number of key recommendations to government around the areas of unreasonable evictions, opportunities for tenants to rectify rent arrears, and providing tenancy law protections, which will enable more balanced processess in the rental markets.
Click here for a copy of the report A Better Lease on Life
International human rights law recognises everyone’s right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate housing.
Adequate housing was recognized as part of the right to an adequate standard of living in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
This joint OHCHR/UN Habitat Fact Sheet is the second in a series of joint publications by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with other United Nations partners to focus on economic, social and cultural rights.
This Fact Sheet explains the right to adequate housing, what it means for individuals and groups and elaborates upon States’ related obligations.
Download a copy of this fact sheet here
Statewide Tenant Advice Service 1300 744 263
The Tenants’ Union 1300 advice number offers a single statewide phone number for tenants seeking advice from any of the three Tenants’ Union offices; the statewide office in Brisbane, the Fraser Coast office in Pialba, or the North Queensland office in Cairns.
The Tenants’ Union statewide advice service is available from 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday with extended hours to 7pm on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
Advice is provided by the Tenants’ Union Fraser Coast office between 9am and 1pm Monday to Friday and the North Queensland office in Cairns provides advice from 2pm to 5pm Tuesday and Thursday.
Tenants calling outside their regional advice hours, will automatically connect to the statewide advice service based in the Tenants’ Union statewide office in Brisbane.
