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No-grounds eviction banned in NSW and rent increases capped at once a year

Premier Chris Minns praises changes to laws, which require landlords to give reasonable reasons to end lease and make it easier for tenants to keep pets

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No-grounds evictions have been outlawed in New South Wales with the passing of new laws designed to rebalance power between the state’s 2.2 million renters and their landlords.

While the changes, promised before the 2023 election, did not go as far as some had hoped, advocates described the reforms as some of the biggest in the state’s history.

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