15 Jul 2024

Crackdown on Kainga Ora tenants: 14 evicted in 3 months

From Midday Report, 12:42 pm on 15 July 2024

A crackdown on unruly tenants has seen Kainga Ora terminate 14 tenancies in the past three months, with another 25 before the Tenancy Tribunal. That compares to just eight terminations for the whole of last year. In March the government ordered the housing agency to end the Sustaining Tenancies Framework in March and strengthen its management of disruptive tenants. The Housing Minister says bad tenants need to face consequences. Wellington City Missioner Murray Edridge tells Charlotte that with homelessness at the highest levels he's ever seen, he's concerned about where these people will go.