Leo Patterson Ross

Leo has worked in housing justice and community development for 15 years, stepping up from within to lead the Tenants' Union of NSW in April 2020. As CEO of the Tenants' Union he leads an organisation dedicated to housing justice. The Tenants' Union is a specialist community legal centre with strategic litigation, a resourcing body that advises, trains and supports a network of 19 local Tenants Advice and Advocacy Services across the state, and is the peak representative of tenants' interests in public debate and government engagement.

Leo's passion is assisting renters, their advocates and the broader public understand, navigate and transform the housing system. Bringing together social, economic and legal frameworks and the on-the-ground experience of the 30,000 renters the Tenants Advice and Advocacy Services of NSW work with each year, Leo provides analysis and commentary that focuses housing debate on making a difference in the real world.