Article tagged with 'tenants'
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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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Tenant left with damages bill despite not being responsible
05 Dec 2023 - A woman who left a rented Manurewa, Auckland property she shared with her partner after discovering he was using methamphetamine is still liable for a half share of Tenancy Tribunal awarded exemplary damages and other debts owed to the landlord.
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Drug destruction proved despite no pre-tenancy test
26 Oct 2023 - Although a Christchurch landlord did not do a pre-tenancy methamphetamine test, he was still able to evict the tenant because a circular saw was used to cut through the front door which he had to replace with a brand-new door that subsequently tested positive for the drug.
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How landlords can survive the cost of living crisis
13 Feb 2023 - With the cost of living crisis and rapidly increasing interest rates, times are hard for landlords and renters alike.
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Good tenants hard to find
20 Sep 2022 - Residential rentals have turned to a tenants’ market, even though rents took off again in July, rising by 2% nationally to sit at $580 a week.
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Huge rent refund for Illegal ‘smoko shed’ conversion
28 Jul 2022 - A tenant who was rented an uninhabitable Swanson “smoko and social shed” as his home for a decade has been awarded $25,876 - 40% of the rent he paid over six years - after the Tenancy Tribunal found the property to be unlawful residential premises.
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Drug using tenant cops damages awards twice in one year
02 Apr 2022 - A Rotorua landlord was surprised to find ETB Realty let his property to a tenant who had to pay exemplary damages for smoking methamphetamine at her previous flat also rented to her by it.
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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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Landlord evictions clarified under Covid restrictions
03 Nov 2021 - The Government has passed legislation restricting tenancy terminations when people are required to stay at home because of Covid-19 health measures.
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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.