Landlords

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Private landlords have been given an early Christmas present - an extra year to bring their rentals up to healthy homes standards.

The government has extended the deadline, saying supply chain… Audio

The government's plans to licence rental property managers has been criticised as a 'simplistic tick box exercise' by an industry association. The proposed scheme would see property managers subject… Audio

The government wants to introduce new regulations that will shift the power imbalance between property managers, tenants and landlords.

New Zealand is one of the few countries in the OECD that… Audio

From the first of July, private landlords must ensure that their rental properties comply with healthy homes standards within 90 days of any new tenancy. This means properties must be fully insulated… Audio

Otago landlords with rowdy tenants are being told to give them the boot now, before a law change makes that even harder to do.

Among the new changes to tenancy rules coming into effect next February… Audio

Long awaited changes to tenancy law have been made - are they really the landlord-killers that some make them out to be?  Audio

Paul Keane has vast experience in New Zealand's commercial property industries and has closely viewed the growth of the shopping centre industry over the past 50 years. He joins the show to discuss… Audio

Soon the country will reach Level 4 restrictions in a bid to slow the spread of Covid 19. It means many will be working from home, but as non-essential businesses close, it mean many will struggle to… Audio

Changes to rental law that remove landlords' ability to ask a tenant to leave without giving them a reason, but 90 days notice - is causing concern amongst landlords. Audio

Renters whose freezing homes won't be insulated before new regulations come into effect at the end of the month say they have no power in getting their landlords to bring them up to scratch. Audio

A new app called Proper aims to simplify the rental experience for both landlords and tenants, but the free background check has raised privacy concerns with renters advocates. The app's founder Aaron… Audio

Zac Fleming attempts to talk to landlord Aven Raj, who has been renting out a "third world swamp" property to an Auckland family, who say it's making them sick. Auckland Council is considering issuing… Video, Audio

The government has proposed a bevvy of renter-focussed changes, including stemming rent increases, widening notice for evictions, and owning pets. Audio

Landlords and real estate groups have now joined tenants in condemning Quinovic's advertising campaign that appeared to celebrate making renters lives a misery. The brain child of one of the company's… Audio

A property manager has described how landlords and property managers ask for bank statements from prospective tenants during the vetting process - and they don't want to see too many KFC dinners. Audio

Often tenants are portrayed as untidy, landlords as trolls taking advantage of the overheated market. But there are many people who manage to make to it work.  Audio