Some property investors are cautiously optimistic the sector's on the right track after a Consumer New Zealand investigation found some rental managers are collecting unnecessary, and in some cases possibly illegal information, from prospective tenants.
Agents asked for bank statements, age, gender, relationship status, religion, ethnicity and more - in breach of the Privacy Commission's landlord guidance and a likely breach of the Privacy Act.
Auckland Property Investors Association general manager Sarina Gibbon spoke to Māni Dunlop.
