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<li> <a title="South West Sydney Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service" href="/taas/swstaas">South West Syd</a> </li> <li> <a title="Western Sydney Tenants Service" href="/taas/wests">Western Sydney</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-6 megamenu-column"> <div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 column-heading"> <h4>REGIONAL SERVICES</h4> </div> <div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <ul> <li> <a title="Blue Mountains Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service" href="/taas/bmtaas">Blue Mountains</a> </li> <li> <a title="Central Coast Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service" href="/taas/cctaas">Central Coast</a> </li> <li> <a title="Hunter Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service" href="/taas/htaas">Hunter</a> </li> <li> <a title="Illawarra & South Coast Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service" href="/taas/isctaas">Illawarra & South Coast</a> </li> <li> <a title="Mid Coast Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service" href="/taas/mctaas">Mid Coast</a> </li> <li> <a title="Northern Rivers Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service" href="/taas/nortaas">Northern Rivers</a> </li> <li> <a title="New England Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service" href="/taas/newtaas">Northwest NSW</a> </li> <li> <a title="VERTO South West NSW Tenants Advice Service" href="/taas/swtas">Southwest NSW</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-6 megamenu-column"> <div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 column-heading"> <h4>ABORIGINAL SERVICES</h4> </div> <div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <ul> <li> <a title="Greater Sydney Aboriginal Tenants' Service" href="/taas/gsats">Greater Sydney</a> </li> <li> <a title="Northern NSW Aboriginal Tenants' Advice and Advocacy Service" href="/taas/nataas">Northern NSW</a> </li> <li> <a title="Murra Mia Tenant Advocacy Service" href="/taas/mmtaas">Southern NSW</a> </li> <li> <a title="Western Aboriginal Tenants' Advice and Advocacy Service" href="/taas/wataas">Western NSW</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class='col-md-4 col-sm-4 mega-menu-sidebar'> <div class='col-md-12 col-sm-12 side-column-title'> <h4>MORE</h4> </div> <div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 side-links"> <ul> <li> <a title="Do you have a hearing in the Tribunal (NCAT)?" href="/ncatadvice">Do you have a hearing in the Tribunal (NCAT)?</a> </li> <li> <a title="All factsheets and resources" href="/resources/all">All factsheets and resources</a> </li> <li> <a title="Not in NSW? " href="/tu/tenants-services-australia">Not in NSW? </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class='dropdown main-nav'> <a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#"> <span class='mega-nav-heading'>News and policy</span> </a> <div class="mega-menu dropdown-menu mega-menu-column-3" aria-hidden="true" role="menu"> <div class="tab-close-button"> <span class="close-icon"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="24" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="24"> <path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path> <path d="M19 6.41L17.59 5 12 10.59 6.41 5 5 6.41 10.59 12 5 17.59 6.41 19 12 13.41 17.59 19 19 17.59 13.41 12z"></path> </svg> </span> </div> <div class='container mega-menu-tab-margin'> <div class='mega-menu-tab--left-column'> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-6 megamenu-column"> <div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 block-heading column-title"> <h3>News</h3> </div> <div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <div class="views-element-container" id="block-views-block-latest-news-block-1-2"> <div><div class="js-view-dom-id-c7bda2a8721405b216cb71ff33b7d056e7987716b830c145130975a60bbce3d6"> <div class="view-rows"> <div class="list-item views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-heading"><div class="field-content"><a href="/thenoticeboard/news/update-standards-solar-installations" hreflang="en">Land lease communities: Update to the standards for solar installations</a></div></div> </div> <div class="list-item views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-heading"><div class="field-content"><a href="/thenoticeboard/news/land-lease-community-residents-have-your-say" hreflang="en">Land lease community residents, have your say!</a></div></div> </div> <div class="list-item views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-heading"><div class="field-content"><a href="/thenoticeboard/news/further-amendments" hreflang="en">Amendments to Residential Land Lease Communities Act</a></div></div> </div> <div class="list-item views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-heading"><div class="field-content"><a href="/thenoticeboard/news/community-service-award" hreflang="en">Land lease community resident presented with Community Service Award</a></div></div> </div> <div class="list-item views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-heading"><div class="field-content"><a href="/reports/rent-tracker" hreflang="en">Rent Tracker Research Project</a></div></div> </div> <div class="list-item views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-heading"><div class="field-content"><a href="/resource/law-change" hreflang="en">Tenancy laws are changing in NSW</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"><a href="/news">More news</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-6 megamenu-column"> <div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 block-heading column-title"> <h3>Blog</h3> </div> <div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <div class="views-element-container" id="block-views-block-latest-blog-posts-block-1"> <div><div class="js-view-dom-id-f9c851aa7b4ad6cc9f4139d45826b5264b5068c6a317454c44578bac979439d0"> <div class="view-rows"> <div class="list-item views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-heading"><div class="field-content"><a href="/blog/closer-look-rent-assistance-increases" hreflang="en">A closer look at Rent Assistance increases</a></div></div> </div> <div class="list-item views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-heading"><div class="field-content"><a href="/blog/mortgage-data-rental-reforms" hreflang="en">What does mortgages data tell us about the impact of rental reform on investment?</a></div></div> </div> <div class="list-item views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-heading"><div class="field-content"><a href="/blog/brave-renewal-world-social-housing-nsw" hreflang="en">Brave renewal world for social housing in NSW</a></div></div> </div> <div class="list-item views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-heading"><div class="field-content"><a href="/blog/nsw-ending-no-grounds-evictions-what-does-it-mean-renters" hreflang="en">NSW is ending 'no grounds' evictions: what does it mean for renters?</a></div></div> </div> <div class="list-item views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-heading"><div class="field-content"><a href="/blog/ncat-aboriginal-tenancy-list" hreflang="en">NCAT Aboriginal Tenancy List</a></div></div> </div> <div class="list-item views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-heading"><div class="field-content"><a href="/blog/where-are-we-ending-no-grounds-evictions-update" hreflang="en">Where are we at with ending ‘no grounds’ evictions? 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