Tenant's Rights Manual, 4th Edition

Review of previous edition:There is an excellent chapter on “Special Groups of Tenants” which includes Strata Schemes Management Act 1996; Unit renters…; Public Tenants; Caravan Park & Manufactured Home Estate Park Tenants…; Warehouse Tenants; and Retirement Village Residents. … There is an excellent section on Protected Tenants under the 1948 Act. Important recent developments such as anti-discrimination law are covered. Solicitors should draw to the attention of every real estate agent for or with whom they act or have dealings, the just decision of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board in Jennifer Lamb v Samuels Real Estate Pty Ltd (race discrimination). … There is a good summary of the important Supreme Court decision in Swain v Residential Tenancies Tribunal in relation to the statutory 60 day “no grounds” notice of termination at the end of the term of the agreement(lease)… This edition of the Manual should be on the bookshelves of every legal practitioner. - Law Society Journal (NSW)

Dr. Chris Martin is the Senior Policy Officer of the Tenants’ Union of NSW, where he has worked for the past 10 years. He has also worked for a Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service, and a community housing provider. He is a past chairperson of Shelter NSW, and is currently a member of the NSW State Government’s Property Services Advisory Council.

He holds honours degrees in economics and law, and a PhD, from the University of Sydney. His doctoral thesis is a study of public housing in New South Wales. Over 18 years he has lived in six rental properties in Sydney, variously as a tenant, co-tenant, head-tenant, sub-tenant and lodger.