Article tagged with 'Tenancy Tribunal'
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Proposed new RTA clause not needed
25 Aug 2023 - A proposed change to the Residential Tenancies Act is going to add another layer of enforcement for the Tenancy Tribunal.
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Serious threats lead to eviction
19 Jul 2023 - One of the many victims of a rampage by a tenant in an Unsworth Heights, blocks of flats was so scared they wet themselves and defecated.
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Illegal car park storage could mean end of tenancy
09 Jun 2023 - Two tenants who used their allocated parking space for storage have been told to remove their goods or they will be turfed out of their Manukau home.
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Tenant who never resided at rental still liable for damages
06 Jun 2023 - A man who was named as a tenant on a Pukekohe rental but never lived at the property is still liable for part of $1,500 in exemplary damages awarded by the Tenancy Tribunal over other tenants’ drug use.
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Mental suffering underlined in failed eviction bid
24 Apr 2023 - A landlord who filed a Tenancy Tribunal application to evict a tenant for ‘offensive verbal disputes’ has failed because the tenant suffers from night terrors and PTSD.
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Tenancy Tribunal slices rent increase
10 Feb 2023 - A 30% rent increase foisted on an Amberley, North Canterbury tenant has been slashed by the Tenancy Tribunal.
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Drug growing operation leaves landlord with massive costs
20 Sep 2022 - A landlord who was alerted by police to substantial damage at their rental caused by the tenant’s marijuana growing operation has been awarded $14,066 by the Tenancy Tribunal.
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Gang violence leads to eviction
03 Dec 2021 - A violent de-patching of a gang member at a Tokoroa rental property led to the landlord getting an eviction notice to turf out the tenant.
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Tribunal: Anti-social behaviour – tenancy terminated
25 Oct 2021 - A tenant who cut the Sky cable, removed fuses from the fuse box and put them back incorrectly, and tagged items on the premises has had his periodic tenancy terminated.
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Tribunal: Baches and the RTA
11 Oct 2021 - The Tenancy Tribunal has given a decision on whether a bach is subject to the Residential Tenancies Act despite not hearing a dispute.