But now they have hit a stalemate with the landlord and will have to stay until their agreement runs out next year. “In the past she's been totally cool with swapping people out and has actually been a great landlord, but now these new laws have come into place and she has to play ball, it's not really what she wants, and we're stuck here,” she said. RNZ has seen correspondence between the landlord and tenants confirming the landlord does not want anyone to leave the tenancy and find replacements because they would need to get the house up to the healthy home standards – which she was not yet in the position to do.