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The family of a man who's accrued thousands of dollars of fees from shifting from a retirement village to aged care, says regulation change can't wait another year.
The government's extended the deadline of a review of the Retirement Villages Act, which received 11 thousand public submissions in its initial consultation.
Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka last week said any amendment to the Act wouldn't be put through until the next parliamentary term.
Repayment timeframes when residents move out are a focus of the review, alongside payment of repairs to chattels and complaints processes.
Donald Palmer is a Christchurch-based GP who supported his father through eight months of paying fees to two villages at once.
Roger Goodman is the Bay of Plenty complaints coordinator for the Retirement Village Residents Association, and Graham Wilkinson is the president of the operator group, the Retirement Villages Association.
