26 Nov 2025

Should tenants be able to ask for a rent decrease in the current rental climate?

From Nights, 8:10 pm on 26 November 2025

For the first time in a while, the rental market is competitive - nationally, prices are down and listings are up.

So should tenants feel empowered to ask for a rent reduction? And should landlords accept, when asked?

Sarina Gibbon is the founder of Tenancy Advisory, providing advice to both landlords and tenants, and was general manager of the Auckland Property Investors Association for seventeen years.

She joins Emile Donovan.

House  with "For Rent" sign in front

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