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Healthy Homes Bill Fails
by EDITOR on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015 — 9:57 PM
A bill intended to bring in minimum standards for rental housing has not passed its first reading. The Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill had the purpose of ensuring that every rental home in New Zealand meets minimum standards of heating and insulation.
The bill’s sponsor Phil Twyford said there needed to minimum standards or a warrant of fitness for all rental housing because too many were substandard and left people living in cold, damp homes. The bill would give landlords five years to get rental houses up to a liveable standard.
National MPs spoke against the bill saying standards were improving and the bill would be counterproductive as it would mean landlords taking houses off the market to meet what would be impossible standards in some homes with others beyond the control of the owner. Those who did meet the standards would increase their rents to meet the costs of doing so, they argued.
National MP Paul Foster-Bell described the bill as sloppy with a “Stalinist” approach as a ‘one size fit all’ approach would have unintended consequences. A number of opposition MPs said any problem with the drafting of the bill could be addressed in select committee.
The bill failed to advance on a vote of 60 to 60 with National and ACT opposed.
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I can just see the lefties screaming about croneyism, now.My blog. From personal experience.
http://statehousinginnz.wordpress.com/
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Originally posted by artemis View Post
National MP Paul Foster-Bell described the bill as sloppy with a “Stalinist” approach as
a ‘one size fit all’ approach would have unintended consequences.
National MPs spoke against the bill saying standards were improving and the bill would
be counterproductive as it would mean landlords taking houses off the market to meet
what would be impossible standards in some homes with others beyond the control
of the owner. Those who did meet the standards would increase their rents to meet
the costs of doing so, they argued.
Where was it with the no-depreciation antic?
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Originally posted by Bob Kane View PostSo it's a dead duck now and will go no further?
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So, if you are a renter and there is a hole in the kitchen cupboard letting rats in, would you :
- plug the hole
- talk to the landlord about plugging the hole
- lay a trap or two
- do nothing
- wait for an important person to turn up and show them the hole.
There's renewed calls for a warrant of fitness system for rental houses in Christchurch. The Maori Development Minister spent time in Christchurch this wee
It always surprises me when otherwise sensible people use one or two anecdotes to call for a huge and expensive nationwide system to be implemented.
There was a similar story on Stuff today. Mind you it did have a different anecdote. So that is two from the Minister. I wonder if the Minister mentioned 14 day notices.
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Originally posted by artemis View PostIt always surprises me when otherwise sensible people use one or two anecdotes to call for a huge and expensive nationwide system to be implemented.
There was a similar story on Stuff today. Mind you it did have a different anecdote. So that is two from the Minister. I wonder if the Minister mentioned 14 day notices.
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And nobody asked the question:
Did the tenant do something to make the hole?
Does the tenant have piles of rubbish outside?
Or any number of other, obvious question like
is there any alternative accommodation in the
area at a similar price?
Of course not. It's always the LL's fault, every
time, no matter what.
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