The committee is meeting to discuss a proposed $30 loan, at commercial lending criteria, to the Otautahi Community Housing Trust to build 130 new council rental units. This is a heartless policy because it fails to address the housing crisis for low-income tenants and...
“Around half of all Kiwis now live in rented homes. This change could put up to $47 million into the pockets of Kiwi families each year. “The law has been changed in time to give tenants a break before we enter the summer rental season when so many tenancies turn...
“I am heartened by recent evidence that the Government wants to help landlords and tenants understand each other’s point of view” said Andrew King of the NZ Property Investors’ Federation (NZPIF) after the Labour Party held a public meeting covering the Tenancy Review...
SUBMISSION ON THE DISCUSSION DOCUMENT: ‘REFORM OF THE RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1986’ by TENANTS’ PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (AUCKLAND) (TPA) Tenants’ Protection Association (Auckland) (TPA) welcomes this document and the opportunity to have an input into it and its...
LIZ MCDONALD/STUFF As stories about nightmare Housing New Zealand tenants come to light across the country,Stufftakes a look at HNZ’s sustainable tenancies policy, and what it means for the people it serves – and their neighbours. WHAT ARE SUSTAINABLE...