Holding landlords accountable
February 28, 2022
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This month we ran a webinar, rent controls were on the table and off again, and property manager regulation is just around the corner
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Red’s the new orange, and my tenancy is coming to an end! What should I do?
January 28, 2022
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Aotearoa has moved to the Red Traffic light setting, so what does that mean for you as a tenant? Plus tenancies are ending, what should you do?
Housing, environmental groups celebrate cross-partisan reform of urban planning rules
October 19, 2021
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A City for People, Generation Zero, and Renters United welcome the cross-partisan announcement today that the National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD) will be strengthened with a fast-tracked medium-density zone and its implementation brought forward by a year.
A City for People declares victory as Wellington City Council passes an ambitious Spatial Plan, but calls on Central Government to speed up implementation, infrastructure.
June 25, 2021
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A City for People, Generation Zero, and Renters United are elated that Wellington City Councillors passed a more ambitious Spatial Plan today that goes above and beyond the original Draft Spatial Plan. They have taken real action on the housing crisis and will ensure we provide more homes for all.
Renters forgotten in Government’s housing package
March 23, 2021
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Renters have been hit hardest by the housing crisis. Not only are they locked out of the buyers market due to ever increasing rents, but the severe lack of supply has left many with no choice but to live in substandard, overcrowded housing. These new policy announcements do nothing to help us in the short term.
Government coughs up a whopping $0 informing renters of their new rights
March 19, 2021
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The Labour government brought in the second phase of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act in February. Were you aware of what these changes were?
Come work for us as our Organiser (Elections)!
May 22, 2020
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Renters United is looking to hire our first paid position: Organiser (Elections) to: Project manage the organisation’s election campaign, collaboratively... More →
Survey: Renting under lockdown
April 11, 2020
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The lockdown is affecting us all in many ways. To help us fight for a fair deal for renters during... More →
Renters and Covid-19
March 25, 2020
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On the 25 March Renters United made the following media statement on what is required of Government to support renters... More →
Candidate Tracy Hurst-Porter answers Renters United’s questions
October 1, 2019
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Renters United asked every candidate in the Takapū/Northern Ward 14 questions about the issues that most concern renters in Wellington.... More →