However, some landlords say the Government s 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 tenant, and what issues do you think a warrant of fitness would help address in your home?
Are you a landlord, and if rental property warrants of fitness were required, what effect would this have on you?
More than 800 builders and industry stakeholders attended this year’s New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB) Annual Conference and Expo in Wellington, which finished on Saturday. New Zealand’s top carpentry apprentice was named at the event, a celebration .
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Māori housing is one of the big winners in the Budget, with the Government allocating with $380 million of the $1 billion-plus spending for Māori on building 1000 new warm, dry homes. Recognising that Māori “were far less likely to own their own home,” Finance Minister Grant Robertson said on Thursday it was the government s responsibility to address this “inequity”. The housing spend was in addition to $350m ring-fenced for Māori from the government s Housing Acceleration Fund, aimed at supporting Māori and iwi providers to build homes for whānau.