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Paul Gilberd: Community Housing Aotearoa chief executive on the Government's plan to tighten standards for unruly tenants
The Government's stronger approach towards unruly Kainga Ora tenants has resulted in more being evicted.
Housing Minister Chris Bishop ordered the public housing agency to end the Sustaining Tenancies Framework in March this year, and strengthen management of disruptive tenants.
Since then, 14 tenancies have been terminated, compared to only 8 last year.
Community Housing Aotearoa chief executive Paul Gilberd says there were no consequences for the last six years.
"It's a matter of last resort, the numbers are increasing because they were not evicting people at all - that's operating from a…
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