Renters will face fewer hurdles to flee abusive relationships under tenancy changes to help people in dangerous living situations.

NSW is expanding its existing provisions for leases to be terminated due to domestic violence, ensuring more "approved people" can declare a tenant is experiencing violence.

Tenants will be able to use a court order or tribunal ruling to protect themselves when an abuser is excluded from a rental property by bail conditions, such as by changing the locks without landlord approval.

The changes would also allow people to leave a shared lease due to domestic violence without informing co-tenants.

Landlords and realtors will also need permission to use images showing a tenant's personal belongings in advertising, to prevent the potential for perpetrators to tra

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