5 Jul 2021

Landlord traps tenants in lease to buy time on healthy homes

From Morning Report, 7:44 am on 5 July 2021

A group of Wellington flatmates have received a nasty shock, after discovering they're trapped in a lease because their landlord is biding time before getting the property up to the Healthy Home Standards.

The standards have now come into effect, meaning landlords need to get their property up to spec within 90 days of a new tenancy.

Renting and student advocates fear more people could become stuck in tenancies they don't want, in poor quality housing.

Here's political reporter Charlie Dreaver.