The reality is that the Labour/Greens view is that no price is too high to pay for the joy of kicking the s*** out of private sector landlords.
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Originally posted by Sanya View Post. . . the Government doesn't own or have access to sufficient social housing. The evidence of this can be seen in ballooning waiting lists.
Those that can afford housing from private landlords will and those that can't will be more reliant on Government solutions including emergency, transitional and social housing.
. . . people are struggling to get accepted by landlords and rental agencies, who are now getting a lot pickier since the new Residential Tenancy Amendment Act came into force on August 6.
. . . it's that public policy has exacerbated the problems through failure in comprehending and/or addressing the core issues.
What I find particularly disappointing is that policy makers could not foresee that actions such as enshrining incidents of anti-social behaviour (without repercussion) into tenancy law would have such an impact.
Therein lays the problem.
There is a little evidence that the appropriate W'gton woodenheads were told by their departmental policy analysts of the potential repercussions, but elected to put there heads in the sand.
Originally posted by Perry View PostIf ever you entertained the slightest doubt that Dhil Twitford was a complete, total and utter moron, look no further than the item quoted below.
Housing Minister Phil Twyford's reforms likely to raise rents, officials warn
24 Sep 2018
Originally posted by StuffHousing Minister Phil Twyford's package of tenancy law reforms would likely drive up rents by causing some landladies to get out of the market, officials have told him. They said that while most of the tenancy law overhaul and other changes to the rental market considered by the Government would not have much of an effect on their own, their cumulative weight could lead some landladies to sell their properties to owner-occupiers.
Because owner-occupiers typically have less people in a house than renters, this could lead to a further shortage in rental properties - and higher rents. Twyford said the advice was "only a scenario" and he "wasn't assuming that is going to happen."
But are the things listed by Sanya causes or symptoms?
What are the foundation causes?
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^^ and that benefits Wellington - where I did see it was the region expected to be least affected so the LLs that stay in the game can and it appears are getting good weekly rents. Plus house sales prices in our area are holding well.Email Sign Up - New Discussions, Monthly Newsletter, About PropertyTalk
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Originally posted by Sanya View Post.... there also appears to be a growing number of applicants who are elderly.
Originally posted by Sanya View Post.... It is not just that NZ Maori and Pasifika are over-represented in homelessness, emergency housing and renting ? it?s that public policy has exacerbated the problems through failure in comprehending and/or addressing the core issues.Originally posted by Sanya View Post.... The SPPU predicts (and I concur) that we will witness more intense and entrenched stratification of tenants. Those that can afford housing from private landlords will and those that can?t will be more reliant on Government solutions including emergency, transitional and social housing. Therein lays the problem.
At some point households need to step up and take some responsibility. Enabling them with more money and cheap rent doesn't seem to work too well.
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