Radical tenancy reforms now law
It’s not just that they believe that some of the reforms contained in the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill skew the relationship in favour of tenants and erode the rights of landlords.
It’s also that many feel the Government has maintained an anti-landlord stance – and not listened to their feedback or taken it into account – since the proposed reforms were first announced two years ago.
That feeling was given added emphasis by the fact that Associate Housing Minister Kris Faafoi threw an additional, unannounced supplementary order paper into the mix at the last minute.
The SOP introduced further reforms intended to provide greater support for victims of family violence, additional protection for landlords assaulted by tenants, and to bring the timeframe for limiting rent increases to once a year forward.
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