No benefits for renters in the 2023 Budget The 2023 Budget has done nothing to ease the pressure on tenants as their property owners struggle with rising costs, forcing them to increase rents in order to stay financially viable. 31-05-2023 more >>
Proposed changes will benefit tenants and landlords A large proportion of rentals in New Zealand are offered by private landlords. The State cannot house all who need accommodation and National is to be congratulated for seeing private landlords as part of the solution to the difficult housing situation in New Zealand and not the problem. 30-04-2023 more >>
Changes to tax rules punish tenants Tim Horsbrugh, NZPIF Executive Committee member presented to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee last week 11-12-2022 more >>
The island with a crisis There has been recent publicity* around the shortage of residential rentals on Waiheke Island. There, the lack of reasonably-priced rentals is seriously affecting those people who earn quite modest incomes as they work in the Island’s service industries. 21-11-2022 more >>
NZPIF members support greater stability for tenants It is good to see that the Chief Human Rights Commissioner, Paul Hunt, is acknowledging that people who rent their homes are now moving between tenancies less often than in past years. 09-11-2022 more >>
Registration of Property Managers Recently there have been calls for the compulsory registration of Residential Property Managers.
These property managers act as middle-men between the property owner and the tenant, collecting the rent and handling any issues that may come up during the tenancy relating to the tenant's behaviour and with the property itself. 20-10-2022 more >>
Rent is not the biggest contributor to inflation Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt has called for an immediate freeze on rent increases to give renters some reprieve during the cost-of-living crisis. 16-08-2022 more >>
NZPIF supports many changes for a better rental environment The NZ Property Investors Federation (NZPIF) is happy to support changes that make for a better rental environment. However, Tenants Action Wellington has today made outrageous demands for changes to rental laws. 28-07-2022 more >>
NZPIF launches plan to fix rental crisis The New Zealand Property Investors Federation (NZPIF) has researched the reasons for the rental crisis and developed a five-point plan to fix it. 02-05-2022 more >>
Rent controls do not make renting easier Associate Minister of Housing, Poto Williams, indicated today that rent controls are being considered due to high rental prices in New Zealand. 03-02-2022 more >>
Not many mega-landlords A Sunday Star Times article today claims that New Zealand is owned by a group of mega landlords and not the mum and dad landlords owning one or two rentals. 28-11-2021 more >>
NZPIF welcomes new Privacy Commission Guidelines. The NZ Property Investors Federation (NZPIF) welcomes the new guidelines released by the Privacy Commission. These guidelines are governed by the Privacy Act 2020 and must be followed by all private rental property providers, including property managers. 11-11-2021 more >>
Government's rental property interest deductibility details released In March this year, the Government brought in radical changes for property investors, treating them differently from any other business by removing the ability to deduct mortgage interest as a legitimate business expense. MBIE, IRD, accountants and tax experts do not support these changes. 29-09-2021 more >>
Controversial tenant shows why 90 day notice needed Sharyn Shepherd, also known as Hope Maree Taylor, is a convicted fraudster who has reportedly harassed her neighbours at the Otautahi Community Housing Trust complex so much that they are frightened to go outside. 26-07-2021 more >>
Officials against rental property interest deductibility removal Newly released information shows that in addition to Inland Revenue and Treasury, officials from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development were unanimous in advising the Government against removing rental property mortgage interest as a tax deduction. This opposition is also supported by economists, the general public and even tenant groups who are also stating that the policy will lead to rent rises. 04-05-2021 more >>
Filling the information gap The recent Government housing policies appear to have been implemented without much information about the likely outcomes. There was also lack of time for impact statements to be produced by Inland Revenue and Treasury. In order to fill the information gap, the New Zealand Property Investors Federation (NZPIF) conducted a survey to see how these changes will affect the rental property industry. 07-04-2021 more >>
New information changes the perspective A survey of mortgage advisors by independent economist Tony Alexander has shown that the Government may have been too quick to disincentivise rental property providers. 01-04-2021 more >>
Removal of the no-cause 90-day termination not working Within the last few months we have seen and heard of multiple cases, for example in Greymouth, Christchurch and Auckland, where tenants have had anti-social incidents that have resulted in either full-time security guards being placed outside houses or trespass notices being given to tenants to prevent them from disturbing their neighbours in Kainga Ora houses. 26-02-2021 more >>
