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You don't need to pay rent for a flooded house you can't live in

Interview
You don't have to pay rent for a house you can't live in

The Residential Tenancies Act, the law that governs rentals, says if your flat is destroyed, or

The Panel with Sally Wenley and Guy Williams (Part 1) / Permanent housing for homeless people works

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Permanent housing for homeless people works.

A greater proportion of public housing in communities supports tenant health

Media release
Recently-published research has found public housing tenants living in areas with a higher proportion of public housing actually had better health outcomes than those living in areas with lower densities of public housing tenants.

Doctor Kimberley O'Sullivan says Pre-pay power customers more likely to struggle

Interview

Kimberley O'Sullivan, a researcher at the University of Otago's Department of Public Health says pre-pay consumers are more likely to be struggling than

McCarroll and Andrew Hoggard (Part 2)

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More support urged for many struggling to keep warm in winter

Interview

More support urged for many struggling to keep warm in winter 

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State housing evictions lead to homelessness and cost everyone more 2′29″

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State housing evictions lead to homelessness and cost everyone more

Midday Report (24 Nov 2021)

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Being forced to leave your rental home can harm health

Blog

Eviction, or a forced move from rental housing, is a common experience for New Zealand renters, yet we know very little about its effects.

Publication or Resource

Toy-Cronin, B.
(2022).
Sustaining Tenancies or Swift Evictions: Rent Arrears in the Tenancy Tribunal
Victoria University of Wellington Law Review
53(1), 105–128.
Abstract

There is a contradiction at the centre of tenancy practice and policy.

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