Landlord fined for non-compliant gas supply

Lina Liu, the landlord of two boarding houses, was taken to the Tenancy Tribunal by MBIE’s Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team (TCIT) for failing to meet her responsibilities under the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA). “Following complaints of a gas leak at one...

UN supports call for a human rights based housing strategy

This support was issued by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which recently reviewed New Zealand’s progress in areas including housing, health and education and released its concluding observations. A human rights based strategy requires...

​CHA says government needs community input to fix housing

Chief Executive Scott Figenshow today endorsed the United Nation’s report into New Zealand’s progress on housing, which backs a call for a human rights based national housing strategy. Such a strategy would require housing to be affordable, habitable, accessible and...

Renters getting raw deal from property managers

Consumer NZ head of research Jessica Wilson said tenants who dealt with a property manager were much more likely to report their home lacked adequate heating and had persistent mould. “Compared with private landlords, property managers were also more likely to delay...

Housing Trust to purchase 50 apartments in Frankton

The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust has confirmed it will purchase 50 apartments within New Ground Capital’s development at Remarkables Park, after obtaining funds from Westpac bank. The one- and two-bedroom apartments are part of New Ground Capital’s...

​ Beneficiaries short changed

“The current costs of living are leaving beneficiaries struggling to pay their rent and feed themselves and their families, and a marginal increase to benefit levels signals the Government has no sense of urgency to put an end to poverty in Aotearoa”, says Ricardo...

Further tenancy review exemptions to be considered

Tenancy reviews determine whether a person or family still needs public housing and makes sure they are in a house that meets their current needs. They are on hold until the end of June. “While public housing is not intended to be a house for life, it’s important we...

Public housing for Asian seniors opens in Panmure

The development has been built by the Chinese New Settlers Services Trust (CNSST), in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). MBIE’s Social Housing Fund provided capital funding of more than...