"Renters United spokesman Robert Whitaker raised concerns about the growth of property management companies in the city.
He said they were not tenancy managers, and their business model relied on turnover and "fixed-term tenancies help them push the price up to get top dollar"."
I wonder what some of our PM posters think of this. I'm thinking Mr Whitaker means that PMs don't manage properties the way he would like them to.
The quote above is from article at the link below, and is from a meeting held by the Labour Party at Wellington's Victoria University, to discuss the current rental crisis in the capital. The expert blames the 'crisis' on the government - the decline in state housing.
In Wellington City at end of 2016 there were 254 applicants on the social housing register. 147 (nearly 60%) of these were single people / couples without children. It is the case that historically state housing has been targeted at families, so not 1 bedroom places. But in any case numbers are not showing a huge demand from families - about 90 on the register, most needing 2 bedrooms so 1 or at most 2 children.
No mention in the article of the Accommodation Supplement BTW, but there is a plug for the rental warrant of fitness in another attempt to get this on the government radar and budget. So far, not so good.
He said they were not tenancy managers, and their business model relied on turnover and "fixed-term tenancies help them push the price up to get top dollar"."
I wonder what some of our PM posters think of this. I'm thinking Mr Whitaker means that PMs don't manage properties the way he would like them to.
The quote above is from article at the link below, and is from a meeting held by the Labour Party at Wellington's Victoria University, to discuss the current rental crisis in the capital. The expert blames the 'crisis' on the government - the decline in state housing.
In Wellington City at end of 2016 there were 254 applicants on the social housing register. 147 (nearly 60%) of these were single people / couples without children. It is the case that historically state housing has been targeted at families, so not 1 bedroom places. But in any case numbers are not showing a huge demand from families - about 90 on the register, most needing 2 bedrooms so 1 or at most 2 children.
No mention in the article of the Accommodation Supplement BTW, but there is a plug for the rental warrant of fitness in another attempt to get this on the government radar and budget. So far, not so good.
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