Shelter - HSC
Texts
- Shelter, Hot Topics 57, Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), 2006. (Get it : In public libraries)
- Law Handbook 10th ed, Redfern Legal Centre Publishing, 2007. See Chapter 29 Housing (Get it : In public libraries)
- No home, no justice?: the legal needs of homeless people in NSW, by Forell et al, Law and Justice Foundation, 2005. www.lawfoundation.net.au/report/homeless
- Homelessness, Issues in Society 243, 2006. (Get it : SL)
- Tenants Fact Sheets www.tenants.org.au/publish/factsheets/index.php
- Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal - Tenancy division www.cttt.nsw.gov.au/Divisions/Tenancy.html
- Tenancy handbook, Office of Fair Trading, 2007. www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/pdfs/About_us/Publications/ft254.pdf
- Affordable housing in NSW: past to present, by John Wilkinson NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service No 14/05 www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/0/c43281eba16c7f36ca2570c40003081c/$FILE/Finalaffordable.pdf
- NSW Parliamentary Library Research Papers. Provides a list and links to the full text of background and briefing papers on shelter. www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/v3ListRPSubject?open&vwCat=Housing
Media - newspapers, magazines and journals
- AGISPlus via Informit. A database that includes the fulltext of magazine articles. You need to register as a client of the State Library.
- Suggested search terms: housing, homelessness.
- Search instructions.
- Proquest ANZ Newsstand. A database of fulltext newspaper articles.
You need to register as a client of the State Library.
- Suggested search terms: housing, homelessness.
- Search instructions.
- Infocus. You can purchase articles from the State Library, or ask your school or local library to order them. Tip: Select Legal Studies as HSC Subject. Search key words such as housing and homelessness. (Get it : SL)
- Parity. An excellent magazine relating to homelessness. Selected articles online at www.chp.org.au/parity/back_issues.shtml. Also held at the State Library in full. (Get it : SL)
Websites
- Tenants' Union website www.tenants.org.au
- NSW Office of Fair Trading website (information for tenants and home owners) www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Tenants_and_home_owners.html
- Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute www.ahuri.edu.au
- Shelter NSW www.shelternsw.org.au/
Major legislation
- Residential Tenancies Act 1987 (NSW) www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/viewtop/inforce/act+26+1987+FIRST+0+N/
- Links to other legislation: www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/About_us/Legislation/List_of_legislation.html
Finding cases
- Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal decisions www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/cttt/corporate/decisions.html
State Library of NSW access
(SL) = State Library of NSW and other libraries. For remote access databases, register online at www.sl.nsw.gov.au/using/register.cfm
