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Labour pushes for changes to rules around residential tenants

Labour says the government has watered down a bill which regulates residential tenancies and is wanting some changes before it is passed by Parliament.

Wednesday, May 12th 2010, 6:00PM 7 Comments

by The Landlord

Labour's housing spokesman Moana Mackey says the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill was developed and introduced to Parliament by the Labour-led Government has been adopted by the current government, but they have watered it down.

She says the opposition party will be putting forward amendments during the committee stages of the House to further improve the law.
 
"Labour's amendments deal with some of the up front financial barriers tenants' face - like the charging of letting fees, as well  as protecting innocent tenants against liability for damage to premises that they did not cause or could not reasonably have prevented. 
 
Amongst the changes the party will be proposing amendments to ensure that the Tenancy Tribunal process is fair and accessible to all parties, whilst retaining its focus on quick and low-cost resolution of disputes.
 
"For this reason   Labour opposes lifting   the automatic threshold for the right to representation from $3,000 to $6,000 which this bill does, instead we would like to see this threshold removed altogether, or if that cannot be achieved then we would like to see it significantly lowered.
Mackey says she is also concerned about situations where tenants are being evicted earlier so their rooms can be let to people attending sporting events like the Wellington Sevens and Rugby World Cup.

"Increasing numbers of New Zealanders are living in rental accommodation and they deserve the protection of fair and equitable tenancy laws," Mackey says.

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On 14 May 2010 at 5:19 pm Bruce Robinson said:
Why is it that the Labour Party believe that all tenants are of a lower economic group than other NZers? The ammendments to the RTA proposed by our Government are very fair & equatable to parties involved in residential rental accommodation.
On 15 May 2010 at 2:59 pm Robbie said:
It is only fair if the rights of both landlords and tenants are equal, at present the rules are in favour of the tenant. Why is this so when it is the landlord that is open to a financial loss? Notice to be given should be equal and three weeks by both parties! Why should a tenant be able to stop paying rent when they have given notice, then use up there bond and more leaving the landlord in dire straights still having to pay a mortgage?
On 15 May 2010 at 5:08 pm tony said:
The present set up protects both landlord and tennant @ the tenancy tribunal, and I have had no issues with the process to achieve a solution for both parties.
By the looks Moana Mckay has not been a landlord who has had to chase out standing rent, or trying to have a tennant evicted by a court order/courtbayliff for outstanding rent or damage to your property etc.
On 16 May 2010 at 3:22 pm ray clarke said:
Moana Mackey is an inxeperienced person and certainly no intention of castigating the "Rent Runners" where 85% of the claims at the Tribunal are for RENT ARREARS. A list of these runners MUST be made public so the abusers dont go from Tenancy to Tenacy catching unwitting people out. Labour are always the same dogma. The Landlord is ALWAYS WRONG even if the tenant was at fault. Once in arrears these are unenforcable in a Court because judgement is only the beginning not the end. Not all of the Tenants are beneficerercerie by a long shot! But Labour does not represent the full broad spectrum under the Clark, Goff, model of a NZ Labour Party.
On 16 May 2010 at 3:37 pm Theresa Crequer said:
Moana has definitely not been a landlord. The Labour Govt. was against the rent being paid from source for beneficiaries. This would stop a lot of work at the Tenancy Tribunal. She obviously has not checked the Tribunal orders. Most tenants who leave owing money for rent or damages think it is their right not to have to pay. The Tenancy Tribunal is fair to both parties.
On 8 July 2010 at 1:06 am baiba said:
Why shouldn't landlords pay their own mortgage if the place is empty? Its not the tenant's fault the landlord has not found someone else to move in. Tenants face huge expenses every time they move or are moved on, try moving once a year for five years as a single parent with young children, because of bad luck with dishonest,instrusive and noisy landlords who won't let you live in peace and quiet enjoyment.
On 20 September 2010 at 3:55 pm Flow said:
Fair for both landlord and tenant.. what a laugh. I have tenants that moved in, paid one weeks rent and that was it. The know very well the protection they have and stuff the Landlord. In the mean time we miss our mortgage payments. And forget trying to get rid of them. What a process. There needs to be more protection for Landlords not just tenants.
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