Section 154A — Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW)

If a tenant owes a landlord under a social housing tenancy agreement a debt arising under section 57 of the Housing Act 2001 or otherwise as a consequence of the variation or cancellation of a rent rebate, sections 87C, 88 and 89 apply as if the amount owed were rent and the failure to pay were a breach of the agreement.

Related sections

• s 151 — Termination by Tribunal on alternative premises ground
• s 153 — Termination notice—acceptable behaviour agreements
• s 154 — Termination by Tribunal on behaviour ground
• s 154B — Tribunal must have regard to breaches of prior social housing tenancy agreements and to series of breaches
• s 154C — Scheme for recording strikes against tenant for breaches
• s 154D — Tribunal required to make termination order in certain circumstances

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