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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/572443/queenstown-landlord-fined-81-000-for-unlawful-overcrowded-boarding-houses
Two things here or possibly more points. One is poor quality living conditions. Two is there are not enough rooms and houses of good condition to meet known demand and haven’t been for years – but the authorities are constipated which is common in NZAO. Three were they being charged unreasonable amounts for simple accommodation, that was less than backpackers standards? Starting from say $8 a night for a large pipe set higher than flooding likelihood, for instance!!
Back to 2023!
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/492618/more-than-25-people-sharing-facilities-at-one-house-charged-250-each-a-week-migrant-says
June 26 2023 – 2023 – 2023 – 2023>>>>>>>>>>
…Meanwhile, Queenstown Lakes District councillor Matt Wong said the housing crisis – while it has been building for decades – was the worst it has ever been….
“We know there are enough houses being built and there’s enough free, available housing, it’s just not accessible,” Wong said…
…”Central government needs to step up, give us some powers – even for three to six months, just to get us through this winter, get us through this really hard time so we can start building on the long term fixes that we need.”
Hundred of people were looking for a place to live while plenty of houses sat empty, including some council properties.
He said many of them did not meet the government’s Healthy Homes standards.
The Healthy Homes standards include minimum requirements for heating, insulation, ventilation, dampness, drainage and draught stopping.
More than 30 cabins owned by the council on the Lynch Block site are among those sitting empty.
The cost of getting the properties up to the government’s Healthy Homes standards was a barrier, he said.
He urged the government to help to fund bringing them up to standard so they could get homeless people out of their cars and into a home.
Wong, who supported the standards, said he did not understand why rental properties had to meet the standards, but short-term rentals and holiday homes did not.
Can’t be ignored. Lazy, irresponsible government which struts on pleasing itself and enjoying screwing us down while enabling prices and profits to go up for big noters and foreign corpses. Its response to cries of outrage and concern from government is accepting growing GST returns with inflation, fines, charges, and an increased working and welfare base which has sinking wages and competition for jobs from migrants/ Many of whom are lured to NZ with promises and expectations which are either lies or just pie-in-the-sky stuff instead of sure on the table each night.
Sized up in this quote from Simon & Garfunkel – “a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises.” These lyrics sing the story:
* The Boxer – Simon and Garfunkel – very smooth and telling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISdjnIHaWsI
Crosby Stills Nash and Young sing Stephen Stills
* 4 and 20 Years Ago – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtCfCg9V6Lw
* And close to our hearts is ‘Our House’ and they sing that too – C S N & Young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0srrEy-Kd6k
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