Removal of no-cause notice opposed by 45% of tenants

More than 80% of New Zealanders disagree with ending the no-cause 90-day notice as outlined in the proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill, according to the REINZ survey.

The survey, which involved 2,800 landlords, property managers and tenants around the country – got respondents’ views on the various tenancy law reform proposals.

It found that 82.1% of respondents disagreed or strongly disagreed with ending the 90-day notice.

Even tenants disagreed with ending the 90-day notice with 45.4% against a change as compared to 40.9% supporting the proposed change. A further 13.7% either didn’t know or neither agreed/disagreed.