15-10-2024, 11:26 AM
I would hazard a guess that the owner of the motel was one of the many overseas owners who bought up motels when they realised how lucrative it became under the previous government to provide emergency motel accomodation - my nephew was being paid $650 per week per unit but Labour offered a new contract $2459 a week plus all damages fixed by the tax payer as long as he took HD bracelet wearers and allowed gang members to have an adjoining unit for their Harleys and their dogs - so he received $5300 a week for a gang family .If any damage occurred in any of the units he just had to get an invoice from a builder - nobody came and inspected the damage or if in fact the microwave had been stolen and he would be reimbursed .Unfortunately for him the incoming government has not renewed the very generous contract Labour offered with no negotiation - the gangs are no longer allowed two units but he can evict unruly tenants and National are only offering $530 a week which is the normal tariff - all the families have been moved out into houses so he is no longer going to accept bookings for emergency housing - he became a very wealthy man over the 5 years after investing very little capital - so I bet the lessees of the Hamilton motel made millions - they probably pocketed the repair reimbursements I hope the tax payers don’t have to pay again