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Helping you prevent tenancy problems

Preventing a dispute from happening in the first place is always better than trying to manage one. This section provides information to help you prevent tenancy problems from happening.

One of the most important ways you can prevent tenancy problems is by keeping in regular contact with your landlord or tenant.

It’s also important that you understand and follow your legal rights and responsibilities as a tenant or landlord under the Residential Tenancies Act 1986.

In this section we cover: