The Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill, currently making its way through Parliament following the Social Services and Community Committee review, has...
Tag - Tenant
Our sustained advocacy work has helped shape the latest iteration of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill, which now includes a new provision making it...
Here’s a question from Don, ‘My tenant and I signed a tenancy agreement, and he paid one week’s rent in advance, but the day before moving in, he...
This morning the government unveiled impending changes to tenancy laws, including the return of the 90-day no-fault termination to the landlord’s toolkit...
The punishing drumbeat calling for landlords to upskill will continue irrespective of who ascends the election throne.
A question from Mark: My tenant has asked to put a cabin (at her cost) on the front lawn to give her family more space. I’m concerned about the street...
Brace yourself Auckland! There is more bad weather to come 😓 The good thing is, this time we have plenty of warning. So, let’s get on with helping you...
New HHS compliance timeframe announced This morning the government announced an extension to the Healthy Homes Standards (HHS) compliance deadline for all...
We received this question from anonymous and paraphrased it below to suit this format: My three-year fixed-term tenancy ends on 23rd January 2023. I want the...
This question is from Jess (paraphrased to suit this format): There are two tenants on my fixed-term tenancy that will soon be rolled over into periodic...
This question is from Nic (paraphrased to suit this format): If I serve a 90/63 day notice under s51, can my tenant return serve a 28-day notice to bring...
This week’s question comes from Debbie:Â Â I am curious how, as PCBUs, landlords should handle the issues of vaccination and safety at a workplace when we...
Level 4 has caught many of us by surprise. Here are answers to some common day-to-day questions arising out of the latest snap lockdown. Note that these...
 This week’s question comes from Kowie S:  We had a fixed-term tenancy from the end 2019- end 2020. Our landlords reached out close to the expiry date...
Rent is a key pillar to support a claim of a residential tenancy. It is never super nice to see family disputes play out in the public domain. The venerable...
In an $11,476.87 order made against the tenant, Kieran Jie-Wei Cheng, that in part, penalised him for damaging the premises, the Tribunal clearly articulates...
