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Home and neighbourhoodYour local generalist Community Legal Centre can help you with information about residential and commercial tenancies, neighbourhood and co-tenancy disputes, local council by-laws and planning disputes. See the Find a Local CLC section of our website.
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Community Legal Centres
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Tenants Union of Victoria
The Tenants Union of Victoria is a specialist CLC that provides information and advice to residential tenants in relation to privacy, the landlord’s rights of entry and open-house inspections when the rental property is on the market. Services not dependent on where you live. |
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Government organisations
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Consumer Affairs Victoria
Consumer Affairs Victoria looks after policy and programs dealing with credit and debt, cars, shopping and services, product safety and e-commerce. |
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Office of Housing
Victorian Government office that looks after policies and programs to do with housing. The Office of Housing's site has info on client services (including the Bond Loan Scheme for private tenants), property management, information and research (including rental reports, publications and forms), and events and media. |
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Publications
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Advice guides and fact sheets, Tenants Union Victoria
The Tenants Union of Victoria publish a very extensive range of fact sheets and advice guides, |
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Body Corporate and you, 2005 (2nd edition)
Published by the Victoria Law Foundation, this is a plain quick guide about body corporates. |
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Conveyancing Real Estate Kit, 2006
Published by Legal Kits of Victoria, this is a self help kit available by payment. |
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Dogs, Cats, Neighbours and you, 2006 (5th edition)
Published by the Victoria Law Foundation, this is a plain English guide to owning a cat or dog |
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Neighbours, the law and you, 2006 (4th edition)
Published by the Victoria Law Foundation, this is a plain English guide to neighbourhood law. |
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Renting a Home – A guide for Tenants and Landlords, 2007
Published by Consumer Affairs Victoria, this comprehensive booklet about Tenant and Landlord rights and responsibilities must be given to all tenants by their landlords. |
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Websites
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Land Channel
The Land Channel is a Government web site providing integrated access to land, resource and property information and services for Victoria. |
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Complaints resolution
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Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria
The Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria provides an informal, impartial, accessible, low cost dispute resolution service. It can assist neighbours and neighbourhood organisations to resolve disputes involving trees, fences, noise etc. |
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