[no bill text published] Grounds for Landlords to Terminate Residential Tenancy Agreements
Residential Tenancies Amendment (Prohibiting No Grounds Evictions) Bill 2024
Private Member's BillLegislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Assent
Introduced by: Jenny Leong MP (GRN)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Felicity Wilson LIB
“I make a contribution to the debate on the Residential Tenancies Agreement (Prohibiting No Grounds Evictions) Bill 2023. I have commented in this place on many occasions about the state of housing affordability and the rental crisis in New South Wales. Sometimes I sound like a broken record. Members well know that I am a renter, and I know of a number of other renters in this building.”
Warren Kirby ALP
“I contribute to debate on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Prohibiting No Grounds Evictions) Bill 2024. This State is facing a cost-of-living crisis across various sectors of day-to-day life. After years of Federal and State Liberal-controlled governments, home ownership has become out of reach for most people in middle‑ and low-income families.”
“I contribute to debate on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Prohibiting No Grounds Evictions) Bill 2024. As the member for Riverstone mentioned, it is incredibly important to acknowledge the level of work the member for Newtown has done and her advocacy in this space. I thank and appreciate her for that.”
Liesl Tesch ALP
“I speak in debate on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Prohibiting No Grounds Evictions) Bill 2024. After more than a decade of neglect, the Government has inherited a housing crisis in New South Wales. The rental system that our Government inherited is unfair, and for over a decade the previous Government failed to ensure that vulnerable renters were protected.”
Nathan Hagarty ALP
“I speak in debate on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Prohibiting No Grounds Evictions) Bill 2024, introduced by the member for Newtown.”
Ron Hoenig ALP
“I contribute to debate on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Prohibiting No Grounds Evictions) Bill 2024. The Government has made it clear that it is committed to introducing measured and sensible reform to support renters across New South Wales, and that includes a commitment to amend rental laws around no‑grounds terminations.”
Jenny Leong GRN
“I thank the Government and support its proposed way forward to progress the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Prohibiting No Grounds Evictions) Bill 2023. I acknowledge that the Minister and the Rental Commissioner have engaged in broad consultation with the community and key stakeholders on this reform.”
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Residential Tenancies Amendment (Prohibiting No Grounds Evictions) Bill 2024
Ms JENNY LEONG, Member for Newtown — 2024-02-08
First and foremost, the bill amends sections 84 and 85 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010, which currently give landlords the right to terminate a fixed‑term or periodic agreement without grounds. The amended sections would instead prescribe a list of genuine grounds on which landlords could terminate a fixed‑term or periodic agreement, reflecting The Greens’ understanding that in certain circumstances there are reasonable grounds for eviction.