The Flemington and Kensington Community Website

The Tenants Union of Victoria was established in 1974. It is a community organisation with a membership base of individual tenants and members from the housing, community and welfare sectors. The Tenants Union is a non-profit organisation reliant on membership fees, government and community grants, and the generous assistance of volunteers.

The Tenants Union has these aims:

to inform and educate tenants about their rights
to improve the status, rights and conditions of tenants
to represent and speak for the collective interests of tenants in law and policy making
to promote alternatives to the present forms of rental housing
to improve the regulation and supply of housing
to prevent unfair rental market practices
to promote the establishment of local and regional tenancy advice services
to research the needs and problion of victoriaems of tenants
to provide equitable and accessible services to tenants of socially, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
to encourage members and tenants to participate in Tenants Union activities

The Tenants Union website is an excellent resource providing a huge amount of information regarding your rights and responsibilities as a tenant. Just some of the subjects covered are rent increases, repairs, the Tenancy Tribunal, bonds and eviction. It also includes copies of the Tenancy Act. Much of the Tenants Union information is available in a wide variety of languages.

Tenants Union Branches

TENANTS UNION (Main Office)
PO Box 234, Fitzroy, Vic 3065, Australia
Tel: Administration 9419 5577 Advice 9416 2577 Fax: 9416 0513

ASCOT VALE (Public tenant advice only)
8A Vasey St, Ascot Vale
Tel: 9372 5644
Telephone Advice: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 4.30pm
Drop-In Advice: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 1.00pm - 4.30pm

FLEMINGTON (Public tenant advice only)
12 Holland Crt, Flemington
Tel: 9372 5644 Fax: 9372 6944
Telephone Advice: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 4.30pm
Drop-In Advice: Monday to Friday 1.00pm - 4.30pm

KENSINGTON (Public tenant advice only)
Flat 27 56 Derby St, Kensington
Tel: 9372 5644
Telephone Advice: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 4.30pm
Drop-In Advice: Monday 9.00am - 12.30pm, 1.00pm - 4.30pm
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 1.00pm - 4.30pm

NORTH MELBOURNE (Public tenant advice only)
Ground Floor, 76 Canning St, Nth Melbourne
Tel: 9372 5644
Telephone Advice: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 4.30pm
Drop-In Advice: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 1.00pm - 4.30pm

LINKS

Tenants Union

Office of Housing

Dept of Human Services

The Flemington & Kensington Community Website is a Work for the Dole project brought to the community by NorthWest Work Net and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. Work fo the Dole is an Australian Government initiative. The site is proudly designed by ENET participants, © 2004. Click here to read disclaimer.