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Landlords, tenants grappling with how to navigate vaccine questions.

Lockdown restrictions have left property groups calling for a three-month extension to the 90-day healthy homes standards compliance timeframe.

Covid's return to the community has put the housing market on hold, but experts say it is unlikely to change its pre-lockdown trajectory.

However, some landlords say the Governments Healthy Homes standards mean a warrant of fitness is not necessary. The standards, which set minimum requirements for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture, drainage and draught-stopping in rental properties, became law on July 1, 2019. Swarbrick said while the standards were an important step, they were not very enforceable. Do you support the proposal for a warrant of fitness for rental properties and why? Are you a rental property tenan...

The anti-social behaviour included playing loud music, swearing, verbally assaulting a neighbour and a domestic incident that required police attendance. As required under new tenancy law requirements, the landlord had given the tenant a written notice after each incident. The adjudicator found the landlord had established the anti-social behaviour and that it was fair to terminate the tenancy. But the adjudicator granted the tenant name suppression “so that their ability to secure fut...

Healthy Homes: Significant heating problem found as standards take effect Charlie Dreaver © RNZ / Dom Thomas The governments admitted to a "significant" problem with one part of the Healthy Homes Standards, the day they come into effect. It relates to the heating landlords have to install in apartments and new builds. As of today, private landlords must ensure their rental properties comply with the standards within 90 days of any new tenancy. Theres been a major problem with ...

Tenants will be hit harder by debt-to-income ratios - investors © RNZ / Nate McKinnon Property investors say a debt-to-income ratio tool will limit the number of rental properties available. Finance Minister Grant Robertson has agreed in principle to let the Reserve Bank limit lending according to a persons income, rather than letting them leverage off the value of their existing assets. Robertson wants any upper limit to target the kind of borrowing terms typically only offered to investors...

Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon Finance Minister Grant Robertson has agreed in principle to let the Reserve Bank limit lending according to a persons income, rather than letting them leverage off the value of their existing assets. Robertson wants any upper limit to target the kind of borrowing terms typically only offered to investors - who often rely on existing assets, rather than income, to secure a mortgage to buy more property. Property Investors Federation chief executive Sharon Cullwick says...

Investors should have confidence in new builds following the release of more information on the Government’s tax changes, an economist says.

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