Housing and property

Quick links

• Find an evacuation centre
• Land tax and stamp duty
• Renting
• Building or renovating
• Social housing
• Buying a property
• Pets
• Recycling, waste and litter prevention

Renting and accommodation

• Renting
• Social housing
• Emergency accommodation
• Homelessness
• International students
• Retirement villages

Buying or owning a property

• Buying a property
• Land tax and stamp duty
• Land value
• Strata schemes and Strata Hub

Check a licence

• Builder or tradesperson licence
• Property conveyancer licence
• Real estate agents licence

Building, construction and maintenance

For homeowners

• Asbestos
  • Find out about the Loose-fill Asbestos Program
• Building or renovating
• Development approval (DA)
• Mine subsidence
  • Find out about property in a mine subsidence district
• Pests, invasive weeds, plant disease and biosecurity
• Power outage
  • How to prepare and safely manage a power outage
• Property acquisition
• Vegetation clearing
  • Check the 10/50 vegetation clearing entitlement area

For industry 

• Building and construction industry
• Real estate and property industry

Living in a property

• Bushfire preparation and recovery
• Change your address with NSW Government
• Local council: find your local council in NSW
• Moving house
• Pets
• Recycling, waste and litter prevention
• Redirect personal mail
• Solar energy
• You and your neighbours

Make a complaint or report damage

• Make a complaint about your energy or water provider
• Report intentional damage or graffiti to NSW Police
• Report an unsafe product

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Make informed decisions

Check a business or individual’s information before you engage including their licence validity, conditions and compliance history.

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Get Ready and be prepared

How to prepare for emergencies and disasters such as storms, fires, floods and heatwaves.

Get Ready NSW

Disaster Relief Grant

An individual grant program for those most in need and least able to return to a safe, basic and liveable home.   

Check your eligibility