Article tagged with 'Tenancy Services'
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Bill strikes a fair balance between landlords and tenants
08 Jan 2025 - The newly enacted Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill will encourage more rental homes, provide greater clarity for landlords, and improve tenant accessibility, REINZ says.
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Bond service to get massive upgrade
01 Aug 2022 - Work is underway to replace the tenancy bond service in a huge task.
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Heater standard for rentals shows ‘serious deficiencies’
16 Oct 2021 - Residential landlords have been warned about the methodology used to set a heating capacity standard for qualifying heaters in living rooms under MBIE’s Healthy Homes standards.
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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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Landlords given latitude over family violence and assaults
05 Aug 2021 - Regulations being developed around family violence and assaults on landlords will result in short termination notices.
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Claim against Bond Centre thrown out
28 Jun 2021 - The Tenancy Tribunal has tossed out a Wellington landlord’s claim the Bond Centre “did not do its job”.
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More money to police property rental laws
20 May 2021 - The government has allocated $80 million over four years to police the healthy homes standards, fix the bond centre and fund RTA disputes.
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Changes to RTA now in force
19 Aug 2020 - The Government’s controversial tenancy law reforms are now law after the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2020 received Royal Assent on 11 August 2020.
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Persistent RTA breaches cost landlord
06 Aug 2020 - Ongoing disregard for her obligations under residential tenancy law has resulted in a hefty fine for a notorious Christchurch landlord.
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Tenancy termination ban lifted
18 Jun 2020 - The end is nigh for emergency tenancy measures introduced during the Covid-19 lockdown with the Government today confirming the measures won’t be extended.