How A Damp Rental Led To A $13,000 Tenancy Tribunal Payout
Mould on the walls is bad enough, but what happens when vermin and droppings are reportedly falling from the ceiling onto kids’ beds and the rent still has to be paid? We sit down with Jessica Kelty from Strive Kind to walk through a confronting Auckland case study that wrapped up around April, where a pregnant single mum with three boys fought to prove her rental was unhealthy. The final outcome included a $13,000 payout, but the bigger story is what it took to get there and why so many tenants never reach that point.
We talk plainly about tenant rights in New Zealand, the Healthy Homes…
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