Councils Holding the Country to Ransom

[PTILoveYou]

Oh dear - not the positive I wanted but

You can try!
Unless you can act as a cartel and all increase your rents the market comes into play.
People said the same at the time of the depreciation being dropped etc - all gloom and doom for tenants as LL's increased their rents.
Didn't happen.
Sure rents have gone up in some areas (heaps in Christchurch) but it is a bit hard to pin it on any one event.

In short - if rents were based on your costs they'd be a lot higher now.

Well rents haven't really increased much over the last two years in the markets I'm in, but I'm sensing rents will go up in Jan-Feb next year.

Cartel is a good idea, but then we might breach the fair trading act (not sure if it applies).

Market always dictate the rent, not the landlords, but it does help when landlords get off their butts and charge market rent!

[PC]

Auckland & ChCh rents have gone up a lot since 2011.
Still going up now.

Perhaps those palaces in the boonies that haven't moved weren't such a good buy?

[Perry]

Market always dictate the rent, not the landlords, but it does help
when landlords get off their butts and charge market rent!

It's simply not that simple. In the Hawke's Bay area,
come fruit-picking season, one can't even obtain
a caravan to rent. Some orchard staff live in pack-
houses, for a while. Come July: it's all very different.

So in a sense, you're correct, but 'market rent' is
the proverbial moving target, in some areas. I've
had one commercial tenancy that has not had any
rent increase in nine years and four tenants!

[Davo36]

Auckland Council creates a housing shortage and then bleats "It's a national issue, help us!"

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/63711588/Homelessness-a-national-issue

[speights boy]

At least the council staff will be able to approach this problem with a re-newed zest for life, following a vigorous workout in their new corporate wellness centre.

We are searching for exceptional people who can drive and encourage our people to re-new their zest for life and improve their wellness.

With the recent opening of our corporate wellbeing centre we now have the opportunity to offer a range of user pays fitness and wellness classes to our 3,600+ CBD located employees.

[Perry]

Auckland Council creates a housing shortage and then bleats
"It's a national issue, help us!"

If I didn't know better, I'd say you almost sound surprised.

[Wayne]

Auckland Council creates a housing shortage and then bleats "It's a national issue, help us!"

Are you saying that the council should be heavily involved in social housing and other social needs?
Maybe they need a hospital and a school or 2?
Where should the line be drawn between local and national govts?

[imd6662]

Are you saying that the council should be heavily involved in social housing and other social needs?
Maybe they need a hospital and a school or 2?
Where should the line be drawn between local and national govts?

Meanwhile CCC seems to be determined to expand from social housing into affordable housing.

[Wayne]

Meanwhile CCC seems to be determined to expand from social housing into affordable housing.

Should they?
Where do you stop?

[Perry]

Are you saying that the council should be heavily involved
in social housing and other social needs?

I suspect that David was referring to compliance and
regulatory costs, Cultural Impact Assmt charges and
fees, development levies and so on.

[Davo36]

Are you saying that the council should be heavily involved in social housing and other social needs?
Maybe they need a hospital and a school or 2?
Where should the line be drawn between local and national govts?

WTF are you on about?

I was pointing out that Auckland Council have created a housing shortage via their stupid planning rules.

And NOW they are asking for government help to solve this problem.

Of course I don't think the council should be involved in heavily involved in social housing and other social needs. I think they should get the f**k out of our lives.

[Davo36]

More nonsense from Auckland Council. Throwing money at 'housing providers' now. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/n...ectid=11368470

Of course, they are trying to fix a problem another section of the council creates, but there you go...

[speights boy]

Fiscally conservative ?

Job cuts give council $15m surplus

Nelson City Council's staff job cuts have contributed to a $15.4 million surplus, nearly double what it budgeted.
The council ended the year $7m ahead of what was budgeted in the Annual Plan 2013-14.

Council chief executive Clare Hadley said surpluses largely came from income council received from vested assets, grants and development contributions.

"The major reason there was a greater surplus than budgeted was that it cost us less to operate the business than we had budgeted:
$2.5m less in employee costs; $3.4m less in maintenance expenditure on infrastructural assets; depreciation and finance costs were $1m less than expected; we spent less on consultancy, and the grant to be paid for the velodrome at Saxton Field was delayed until 2014-15."

www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/63815010/Job-cuts-give-council-15m-surplus

[Davo36]

Holy crap!

They'll be out come next election

[eri]

meanwhile

the bureaucrats of wellington

like brown's idea of endless spending and mission creep

and are pumping for a wellington uber-city

with more power and less limits than ak

will enough wellington wallys

believe the lies

and take the bribes?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/63813577/Super-city-recommended-for-Wellington