Article tagged with 'RTA'
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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.
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Changes to tenancy terminations
04 Oct 2021 - The Government has introduced an omnibus bill to Parliament making changes to the restriction of tenancy terminations during alert level four.
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Persistent failure to lodge bonds: First ever court case
30 Mar 2021 - A Tauranga landlord has been taken to court for breaching a restraining order in relation to repeatedly failing to lodge bonds in the first case of its type in New Zealand.
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Tribunal divvies up blame in maintenance ruling
06 Nov 2020 - New Zealand’s aging housing stock and tradition of informal landlord-tenant relationships have the potential for complex disputes where fault lies with both parties – as illustrated by a recent Tenancy Tribunal ruling.
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Education for landlords by landlords
23 Oct 2020 - Self-managing landlords are signing up in droves for the NZ Property Investors Federation’s new education programme which aims to help landlords run their properties like professionals.
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Tenancy reforms, tax changes would go under National
05 Oct 2020 - Getting rid of the Government’s tenancy law reforms and tax changes that impact on rental property owners are a key feature of the National Party’s new housing policy.
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Big damage pay-out awarded to landlord
05 Oct 2020 - Tenant liability for damage has long been a fraught issue but a new Tenancy Tribunal case shows that damage rulings can sometimes favour a landlord.
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Healthy Homes standards: to back or to scrap?
28 Sep 2020 - Landlords are divided over Barfoot & Thompson’s recent call to the National Party to hold fire on their plans to overturn the Healthy Homes standards if elected.
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New renters' guide for tenants
23 Sep 2020 - Far too many tenants are not aware of their obligations around their rental property so a new guide aims to spell out what they need to know and do.