getting a property rental through housing nsw

ajay … all i can say with taking on housing NSW is good luck.

My cousin had a house in Ballarat lent out to housing commission tenants. Now there came a call saying the housing commission had decided to remove the tenants from the house because it was 'deemed unliveable' and therefore could be slated for demolition. As you might guess my cousin was horrified ! Apparently the tenants had decided they wanted a smaller property in a better area, and went to the trouble of actually destroying large sections of the property to get the possibility to get another one! After getting a housing inspector in to actually assess the damage .. he said it wasnt to be condemned .. it just needed a bit of repairs. But they actually went to the trouble of punching in walls and smashing skylights to make their point. It took a couple of thousand in costly repairs .. but it was repaired and then resold.

Yes its a horror story, maybe its only a certain group that has that level of contempt. But, if you feel that you are better with a barebones tenant rather than none .. i wish you more luck.

Hi Ajay

I haven’t had direct experience in this.

Personally, I’d be reluctant to go down this path in order to save some dollars on property management fees. I’d prefer to pay a local property manager who has their reputation on the line rather than hand it over to a large bureaucracy that probably doesn’t give two hoots about your property.

Cheers

Jamie

It’s true that will fix any dmg to the property minus the wear and tear. But trust me they take a LONG time to fix!! i know departmental of housing NSW have contract with certain company and tradies ( group discount) and they are slow…i know of a house that was unlivable for a good 2 month before the repairs were done….that’s 2 month worth of rent and mortgage repayments

Regards
Michael