12-04-2024, 03:41 PM
Its difficult to avoid that conclusion given their actions. This just looks very much as though they want to encourage wealthy people to own more & more rental properties as a means of maintaining & increasing their wealth, & never mind about the tenants.
Things are done differently in some European countries; its not uncommon for several generations of a family to rent the same property, that would probably work well here too.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/...713e&ei=10
“The Green Party says the Government's new rental changes prove "it does not care about renters, which is a majority of people in Aotearoa".
On Thursday, Housing Minister Chris Bishop announced an overhaul of the tenancy laws - including reintroducing 90-day no-cause evictions and making several changes to notice periods in a move meant to "encourage landlords back to the rental property market".
The changes mostly affect periodic tenancies and include reintroducing 90-day "no cause" terminations, returning landlords' notice periods for ending a tenancy to 42 days under certain conditions and returning tenants' notice to 21 days. The Government is also reintroducing landlords' ability to give notice to end a fixed-term tenancy at the end of the term without requiring a specific reason.
While Bishop said the changes will encourage more landlords into the market and put downward pressure on rents, the Greens see it differently.
Party housing spokesperson Tamatha Paul slammed the changes, saying they give the majority of New Zealanders "little hope".
"We have a Government that thinks it is running a company not a country, and treats housing as a business.
"Housing is a human right, and every person deserves a warm, safe and affordable home, whether they own that home or not."
She accused the Government of being "pro-self-interest" and not for tenants.
"Homeownership rates in New Zealand have drastically reduced over the past three decades, with more and more children growing up in rental housing and more and more elderly New Zealanders struggling to make ends meet while paying high rents," Paul said. "
Things are done differently in some European countries; its not uncommon for several generations of a family to rent the same property, that would probably work well here too.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/...713e&ei=10
“The Green Party says the Government's new rental changes prove "it does not care about renters, which is a majority of people in Aotearoa".
On Thursday, Housing Minister Chris Bishop announced an overhaul of the tenancy laws - including reintroducing 90-day no-cause evictions and making several changes to notice periods in a move meant to "encourage landlords back to the rental property market".
The changes mostly affect periodic tenancies and include reintroducing 90-day "no cause" terminations, returning landlords' notice periods for ending a tenancy to 42 days under certain conditions and returning tenants' notice to 21 days. The Government is also reintroducing landlords' ability to give notice to end a fixed-term tenancy at the end of the term without requiring a specific reason.
While Bishop said the changes will encourage more landlords into the market and put downward pressure on rents, the Greens see it differently.
Party housing spokesperson Tamatha Paul slammed the changes, saying they give the majority of New Zealanders "little hope".
"We have a Government that thinks it is running a company not a country, and treats housing as a business.
"Housing is a human right, and every person deserves a warm, safe and affordable home, whether they own that home or not."
She accused the Government of being "pro-self-interest" and not for tenants.
"Homeownership rates in New Zealand have drastically reduced over the past three decades, with more and more children growing up in rental housing and more and more elderly New Zealanders struggling to make ends meet while paying high rents," Paul said. "
