Whilst I’m not a Landlord, I do look after a self-managed Strata Plan (Secretary/Treasurer) where around 80% of residents have traditionally been tenants, and so have gleaned a better than average perspective on the “rights” of the parties to a Tenancy Agreement and how each uses them to work the system.

I wouldn’t argue that prior to the NSW Residential Tenancies Act (2010) the Legislative balance favoured the Landlords, but as usual the efforts of social justice and other lobbyists to have the Legislators address such imbalances have merely succeeded in the NSW Government swinging the pendulum radically in the other direction, to now favour tenants.

Consequently a few of our Proprietor/Landlords have moved to Head Leases with Social Housing Providers who can issue Sub-Leases with Provisions that address that imbalance, but most have taken their properties off the permanent rental market in favour of casual (tourist) rentals. That of course does nothing to address tenants’ real right; that being to access secure, long-term, and reasonably priced rental accommodation.

Any publication showing “Landlords’ Rights” would now be very thin indeed!