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Private rental assistance factsheet for clients
Homes NSW offers a range of private rental assistance products to help you start or keep a tenancy. These products may offer you additional support in the private rental market. They also encourage real estate agents and landlords to approve your rental application.
What assistance is available?
You may be eligible for one or more of the following private rental assistance products:
- Rentstart Bond Loan – an interest-free loan to cover part or all of the rental bond for eligible clients moving into a private rental
- Advance Rent – a grant of up to 2 weeks’ rent for eligible Rentstart Bond Loan recipients who need additional help in setting up a tenancy
- Tenancy Assistance – up to 4 weeks’ rent to cover rent arrears and/or water arrears
- Rent Choice – a private rental subsidy that helps you pay the rent for up to 3 years. Financial assistance may be available if you are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and you:
- have had a major financial setback like illness or loss of job, or
- are escaping domestic or family violence, or
- are a veteran who has served in the Australian Defence Force, or
- are a young person up to the age of 24, or
- are a current Homes NSW social housing tenant transitioning into the private rental market
How do I find out more?
More information about each of these products is available on our social and affordable housing pages.
Get in touch
Call the Housing Response Centre on 1800 422 322 or visit your local Homes NSW office or participating community housing provider to find out more.
Find your nearest housing office
Use the housing office finder to locate your nearest office.
Website:Housing office finder
Find your nearest Community Housing Provider
Use the Community Housing Provider Register to locate your nearest provider.