Three-strikes tenancy proposal no help
A three-strikes proposal to end tenancies offered by the New Zealand Property Investors’ Federation is of little use to either owners or tenants, Tenancies...
Evidence Undermines Insulation Standards, $4000 Penalty
Evidence provided to the Government undermines both current rental property insulation requirements and makes a mockery of a $4000 penalty for non-compliance, Tenancies War spokesman Mike Butler said today.
No Capital Gains Tax a Relief for Owners and Tenants
Rental property owners and tenants will be relieved that pressure from hundreds of thousands of voters and taxpayers forced the ideologically-driven Prime...
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...
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...
116,000 Loss-making Rental Property Owners May Sell
Confirmation from Inland Revenue last week that 116,000 owners declared a loss on earnings in the 2016/17 tax year shows that ring-fencing of tax losses for rental properties could soon result in 116,000 fewer rentals, Tenancies War spokesman Mike Butler said today.
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.
$200m Spend on ‘Homelessness’ No Solution to Rental Shortage
The $200 million allocated to Housing First today has no plan for extra housing and is welfare dressed up as solving the housing crisis, Tenancies War spokesman Mike Butler said today.
Impact Of Rental Property Tax Change Could Be Huge
The impact of a law-change to ring-fence rental property tax losses could be huge and sudden because owners absorbing loss with no...