Owners and insurers need compensation after meth fiasco
Owners forced to spend tens of thousands of dollars refurbishing rental properties based on a discredited methamphetamine test deserve compensation, as do their insurers,...
Minister, there is an economic reason for letting fees
A claim by Housing Minister Phil Twyford that letting fees were unfair and had no economic rationale shows naivete unbefitting of a Minister, Tenancies...
Complaints show problem with heaters in rentals
Complaints that 15,000 heaters installed in Housing New Zealand properties don’t heat give the appearance of an epic blunder and show a problem with...
Rental property questions the Government refuses to ask
The Government fails to address some key questions while proposing sweeping changes to tenancy law and rental property standards, Tenancies War spokesman Mike Butler...
Tenancy reforms miss the main point — unpaid rent
Evidence obtained on Friday under the Official Information Act shows that Housing Minister Phil Twyford’s tenancy law tinkering misses the main issue, which is...
Tech Firm: Test Rental Properties Before Spending On Heating
Housing Minister Phil Twyford should heed a warning from tech firm Tether that if rental property owners don’t monitor the warmth and ventilation performance of their properties, they risk spending thousands of dollars on upgrades they don't need, Tenancies War spokesman Mike Butler said today.
Government should heed rental property owners selling up
A headline today saying “Bay of Plenty landlords pull out of property market over new tenant rights” is evidence of the likely impact of...
The Crisis The Housing Minister Created
A report yesterday of a woman, 86, moving because of a 73 percent rent hike illustrates the crisis created by Housing Minister Phil Twyford, Tenancies War spokesman Mike Butler said today.
Rental Property Child Hospitalisation Claim Contradicted
Housing Minister Phil Twyford justified the launch of costly new rental property standards in February by saying “6000 children are admitted each year for ‘housing-sensitive hospitalisations’” but, when questioned, two Ministries provided contradictory data that undermined the Minister’s claim.
Build-to-Rent Another Expense for Taxpayers
If Housing Minister Phil Twyford could do a few basic calculations, he would know that the “build-to-rent” proposal he is looking at would require substantial Government financial support and guarantees to get off the ground, Tenancies War spokesman Mike Butler said today.