Boarding House Act 2012 Parliamentary review
BOARDING HOUSES

The Boarding Houses Act 2012 is undergoing review,  public feedback and suggestions are being collected to guide the review process. To learn about the Act, there is a summary below, and a more detailed guide to the Act is available in the Discussion Paper in the right column. The Easy English Discussion Paper covers the same material, in an easier-to-access format. Both of these papers provide points that are intended to stimulate discussion and ideas, to start the process of creating your submission. 
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In October 2012, the Parliament of New South Wales (NSW) passed the Boarding Houses Act 2012 (NSW), as a central part of its bid to strengthen and regulate boarding houses in NSW. 

Newtown Neighbourhood Centre was a partner in a five year evaluation study with  two Universities- initially, the University of Western Sydney and subsequently the Australian Catholic University.  The Evaluation study project objectives were to:

• assess the effect of the Act on the wellbeing of residents of boarding houses;
• assess whether the rights of residents are better protected;
• determine the effect of the Act on the sustainability of the boarding house sector;  and
• determine levels of collaboration between departments, agencies and community organisations that work with the boarding house sector.

The final phase of the evaluation was undertaken and was published in early 2018. 


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Boarding Houses Act Review Discussion Paper

Boarding Houses Act Review Discussion Paper (Easy English)

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For further reading

City Futures Research Centre Boarding Houses Report,​ July 2019

Boarding Houses Research Report 2019

Final Report on the Boarding Houses Evaluation Project 

Boarding House Evaluation Project Final Report

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