Let me make it clear we do not have so much a housing crisis - we have a crisis of epidemic proportion of dysfunctional and unhousable tenants.
The last few weeks i have had a 3 bedroom house advertised on TradeMe in the East Auckland area and the number of chronic desperate people out there applying is phenomenal.
So many applications from people on WINZ benefits that are living in desperate circumstances - but you have to ask how did they get there in the first place?
Many are just trying to escape from high crime crappy housing areas , others are ringing me from emergency housing situations .
I had one yesterday ring me from a hotel in Mangere where she informed me WINZ are paying her to stay there at $1500pw , she has a baby and another one on the way and previously was living in her mothers lounge.
Gosh what is happening to Cindy's great socialism dream. I keep an open mind and tell her if she emails me I'll forward an application form - she never bothers.
Maybe it was because i told her that Cindy's "no cause termination notices disallowed " are actually keeping her in desperate circumstances as it makes it just that much harder to feel benevolence towards some folk, take them onboard, give them a chance and then get stung .
Talk about giving people a chance , show an act of ""be kind"" our great leader preaches , just a few days ago i received a tenancy application from two brothers , they viewed the place and both really liked it, they both had good jobs too . Dutifully one filled in the application form , "clean credit" was a no go . Upon further elaboration it appeared he had at least taken responsibility and admitted regret for ignoring letter demands from the companies he owed money too. It was still a no from me , but a few days later he inquired again and asked nicely "Please, ""be kind"" i will guarantee you a 100% to always pay the rent" . It sounded genuine , heartfelt even. I milled over what he had told me and that his other brother did have a good credit rating ,and had provided a landlord reference which i rang to check . His landlady confirmed he was a good tenant paid his rent on time , no parties and kept the house clean plus she would welcome him back anytime. Sounds great i thought and i was about ready to ""be kind"" , just about ready to hit the send email of acceptance when i thought , hang on maybe i should check the "clean credit" of the other brother .So i did , OMG what a shock , 7 defaults , two currently active for a debt of over 5k and another had gone to court. Phew , certainly pays to check..No thanks to Cindy.
The last few weeks i have had a 3 bedroom house advertised on TradeMe in the East Auckland area and the number of chronic desperate people out there applying is phenomenal.
So many applications from people on WINZ benefits that are living in desperate circumstances - but you have to ask how did they get there in the first place?
Many are just trying to escape from high crime crappy housing areas , others are ringing me from emergency housing situations .
I had one yesterday ring me from a hotel in Mangere where she informed me WINZ are paying her to stay there at $1500pw , she has a baby and another one on the way and previously was living in her mothers lounge.
Gosh what is happening to Cindy's great socialism dream. I keep an open mind and tell her if she emails me I'll forward an application form - she never bothers.
Maybe it was because i told her that Cindy's "no cause termination notices disallowed " are actually keeping her in desperate circumstances as it makes it just that much harder to feel benevolence towards some folk, take them onboard, give them a chance and then get stung .
Talk about giving people a chance , show an act of ""be kind"" our great leader preaches , just a few days ago i received a tenancy application from two brothers , they viewed the place and both really liked it, they both had good jobs too . Dutifully one filled in the application form , "clean credit" was a no go . Upon further elaboration it appeared he had at least taken responsibility and admitted regret for ignoring letter demands from the companies he owed money too. It was still a no from me , but a few days later he inquired again and asked nicely "Please, ""be kind"" i will guarantee you a 100% to always pay the rent" . It sounded genuine , heartfelt even. I milled over what he had told me and that his other brother did have a good credit rating ,and had provided a landlord reference which i rang to check . His landlady confirmed he was a good tenant paid his rent on time , no parties and kept the house clean plus she would welcome him back anytime. Sounds great i thought and i was about ready to ""be kind"" , just about ready to hit the send email of acceptance when i thought , hang on maybe i should check the "clean credit" of the other brother .So i did , OMG what a shock , 7 defaults , two currently active for a debt of over 5k and another had gone to court. Phew , certainly pays to check..No thanks to Cindy.
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