Healthy Homes Guarantee bill to be fast tracked
Under the bill, landlords will be required to meet minimum standards of heating and insulation in their rental properties. This will amend the Residential Tenancies Act 1986, and all landlords will be required to meet the standards.
Andrew Bruce from Auckland Property Investors Association says that while no one wants rental properties to be cold and damp, actioning the changes proposed by the bill may be problematic.
“Labour indicated that they weren’t happy with homes being insulated to 1978 standards [which was the requirement for rentals under National’s Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill],” he says.
He continues by explaining that research undertaken by NZ Properties Investors Federation showed that modern insulation only achieved a five per cent efficiency gain over the 1978 standard.
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