Candidate Alexander Garside answers Renters United’s questions
September 13, 2022
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Alexander is running for the Wellington City Council in the Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward
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And so it begins. Property Manager Regulation is on its way!
March 30, 2022
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We’ve had another big month here at Renters United! We’ve started work on our next campaign for Property Manager Regulation and we published our open letter to Trade Me. Read on to see how it went, and how you can get involved!
Trade me “comfortable profiting from a human rights crisis” according to community organisations
March 24, 2022
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Today Renters United alongside 11 other organisations including the Child Poverty Action Group, the Manawatu Tenants Union, and New Zealand Union of Students' Associations have sent an open letter to Trade Me demanding they take action to stop illegal rental property listings running rampant on their website.
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
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 →