Law change will help landlords
Residential tenants who "do a runner" leaving behind unpaid rent be warned – it just became easier to track you down.
Wednesday, September 24th 2003, 4:25AM
by The Landlord
...An order from the Tenancy Tribunal in favour of the landlord could not be enforced unless the landlord supplied the former tenant's address, he said.
"We often don't know where they are so the order becomes useless."
Under the new measures, landlords could apply to the tribunal for the address of a former tenant who owed rent, Mr Evans said.
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