Auckland tenant ordered to pay landlord $8k after abusive partner smashed up home
He broke windows, punched walls and strangled her, but she had to pay for the damage. It's "totally unfair", Women's Refuge says.
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He broke windows, punched walls and strangled her, but she had to pay for the damage. It's "totally unfair", Women's Refuge says.
Jim Rice/Stuff The former tenant filed a complaint against the landlord for “unpleasant” visits, resulting in an award of nearly $2k. (File photo) Khan came to the property uninvited two to three times a week, banged on the kitchen window, yelling and speaking to the tenant in an “unpleasant, pushy way”. At one point, the landlord knocked on the window at 11.30pm to raise issues about her tenancy and tell her to pay an unlawful increased rent. The Residential Tenancy Act states “the rent must not be increased within 12 months after the date of the commencement of the tenancy”, ...
Auckland landlord who called tenant a 'bloody Māori' ordered to pay $8900 in damages Newshub 18 hrs ago © Provided by Newshub An Auckland landlord has been ordered to pay $8900 in damages after a tribunal found the man had used derogatory language against a former tenant, calling him a "bloody Māori" and telling him to take "his Māori a**" somewhere else. The former tenant, who had his identity suppressed by the Tenancy Tribunal, was awarded $8920.44 in exemplary damages and compensation after his landlord failed to maintain the Auckland property, leaving the premises with inadequate c...
The tenant of an Auckland rental intentionally destroyed the inside of a house.
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