Your landlord cannot unreasonably refuse your request to keep a pet. Learn more about your rights here.
Landlords must apply to ACAT to be able to refuse their tenants’ request for pets. Learn more about your rights here.
While landlords will still need to provide consent, they will only be able to refuse in certain circumstances.
The legislation also gives tenants experiencing domestic violence (DV) the right to end a lease with a week’s notice.
Keeping Pets in Strata Schemes, NSW Young Lawyers Animal Law Committee
ABN: 65643223045
PO Box 5172 East Lismore, NSW 2480
Email: hello@lucysproject.com
We acknowledge that we live and work on the lands of First Nations peoples and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
We recognise the strength and resilience of human and animal victim-survivors of domestic and family violence and their right to safety.