Is it time to overhaul the Tenancy Tribunal?

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ockel

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#305786 3-Jun-2023 15:16

Despite what could be more than 18 months of non payment the Tenancy Tribunal won't evict.
It will take 40 years at $30/wk to clear the unpaid rent.

Surely common sense and a balanced position as an adjudicator has taken a backseat.

https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/property/300888839/auckland-tenants-who-fell-62k-behind-in-rent-have-to-pay-it-back-over-40-years

It's almost as bad as the Employer Relations Authority which seems to ignore a balanced approach to employment matters in appearing to favour employees over employers.

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#3084435 3-Jun-2023 16:24

Tying this decision to the ERA is just silly.

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#3084436 3-Jun-2023 16:27

You've failed to mention the article also states:

the tenancy will terminate if [tennants] fail to pay the rent and rent arrears within two days of the due date.

Pretty clearly they're on notice.

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#3084468 3-Jun-2023 18:46

ockel: Despite what could be more than 18 months of non payment the Tenancy Tribunal won't evict.
It will take 40 years at $30/wk to clear the unpaid rent.

Surely common sense and a balanced position as an adjudicator has taken a backseat.

https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/property/300888839/auckland-tenants-who-fell-62k-behind-in-rent-have-to-pay-it-back-over-40-years

It's almost as bad as the Employer Relations Authority which seems to ignore a balanced approach to employment matters in appearing to favour employees over employers.

Likely one side or both may be dead before this gets paid off.

What other industry gets forced to give people a 40 year interest free loan ?

I would be talking to a lawyer about now.

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#3084493 3-Jun-2023 20:38

gzt: Tying this decision to the ERA is just silly.

It's a pattern of behaviour. Just as there are bad employers and bad landlords (whom get punished accordingly) there are bad employees and bad tenants (who don't seem to get the same level of punishment).

It seems like it's as difficult to evict a bad tenant as it is to terminate an incompetent employee. It just seems so imbalanced.

https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/300775859/on-full-pay-but-not-working-accountant-a-million-miles-from-able-to-do-the-job

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#3084519 3-Jun-2023 20:50

It also seems pretty odd that they were allowed to fall over sixty thousand dollars behind on paying the rent, you can terminate the tenancy once the renter is three weeks in arrears [*] which at their rental rate would have been a tad under $2k.

[*] Meaning they've missed three payments in a row, not sure what this figure is based on but in the US a mortgage is unofficially regarded as being in default once three payments are missed, no matter what the official guidelines say. This allowed some analysts to see the GFC some time before it was officially acknowledged.

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#3084570 4-Jun-2023 09:39

gzt: You've failed to mention the article also states:

the tenancy will terminate if [tennants] fail to pay the rent and rent arrears within two days of the due date.

Pretty clearly they're on notice.

On notice isn't good enough. They should've been booted out.

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#3084584 4-Jun-2023 09:54

No details were published in that article except the judgement and the amount. There's clearly something unusual and not published going on as well.