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Call for Affordable Housing

Posted: 08-Feb-2012

Community and Industry come together to demand this year’s Budget deliver for those in housing..

Work for the TU

Posted: 08-Feb-2012

We are looking for a Principal Solicitor The Tenants’ Union is an independent communi..

Men fined over state of crowded house

Posted: 01-Dec-2011

A local construction company wound up on the wrong side of the law when the strain of finding lodgin..

CONSULTATION BEGINS ON REGULATION OF COMMUNITY HOUSING SECTOR

Posted: 28-Nov-2011

The Federal Government has launched a public consultation process on a national regulatory system fo..

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