Compliance statement deadline extended
Associate Minister of Housing Kris Faafoi says the deadline to include detailed information in their tenancy agreements about how their property meets the Healthy Homes Standards has been pushed back from 1 July 2020 to 1 December 2020.
While the Healthy Homes Standards became law on 1 July 2019, compliance with them is being phased in over a number of years.
The next stage of the phase-in was to have landlords provide tenants with a statement of compliance providing information on if and how their rental property complies with the Standards.
In order to complete a compliance statement, landlords need access to their rental properties and to allow tradespeople to complete inspections to determine the level of compliance, Faafoi says.
“However, restrictions to property access during Covid-19 alert levels three and four have limited landlords’ ability to undertake this activity and further delays are likely during alert level two due to backlogs caused by the lockdown.”
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