Labour govt 2020-23

[Panda-NZ-]

Everyone of the 38,000+ coming into NZ needs a home to live in and most are in a position to buy (which they do) but those leaving, 30,000+, were mostly short term migrant workers who did not leave a home behind to sell.

Returning NZers... bringing with it their savings from higher salaries and generous superannuation schemes.

[Bjauck]

It seems more military based.
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Biden put the free trade deal with britain on ice, and didn't share any Pfizer vaccines with Australia.

it is a new military and defence alliance!

[dobby41]

Then, you have the super low interest rates prompting people to buy properties rather than continue renting when they are in a position to do so.

Thanks for the answer.
So those people left a rental behind - good stuff.

The answer is that we, as a country, still aren't building enough houses (not to mention that the prices are just crazy).

[artemis]

I agree that technically many (most? I'm not sure as I have outlined already) are 'empty' but how could they house someone else while between tenants?
You'd need to look deeper into the stats to find out how long they had been empty for.
I'm really not sure why you are offering this as a solution to anything - seems like a silly argument to me.....

Easy enough to get a rough idea of how long rental vacancies have been listed on Trademe. Hint - not long.

Not sure what 'silly argument' you refer to. Do you mean silly to expect households in motels to apply and be accepted for private rentals? If so that is definitely the MSD expectation.

[Panda-NZ-]

Thanks for the answer.
So those people left a rental behind - good stuff.

The answer is that we, as a country, still aren't building enough houses (not to mention that the prices are just crazy).

It's a problem everywhere right now.
So a solution should be obvious if we can find a country where there are decreasing prices.

[Balance]

Some say that a **** house (cold, damp, mouldy?) is better than no house but is that really the best we can do?
'Perfectly liveable' houses won't be hard to make meet the standard.
I agree, though, that some of the standards can be hard to meet for some properties. Ventilation is one area that comes to mind.
Heating is a contentious area - you have to supply a heater that the tenants can't afford to use.

I thought your Cindy was going to sort that all out, right?

Rental properties were going to get upgraded automatically because the government passed legislation to do so. And when they were upgraded, landlords would keep rents the same?

Then, there's Kiwibuild to deliver 10,000 new homes a year, remember?

[dobby41]

I did miss your post (2861). Apologies and thanks for pointing it out, and for the clarification....although I'm mystified as to how you could defend Ardern at every turn.

Someone has to try to provide a counter and balance.
Defense is a matter of degrees - even I don't agree with all that has happened, but I wasn't happy with all National did either.
I just don't have the hate and abhorrence some here have where they see nothing right. Some unbalanced people

Immigration is one area - why do doctors and nurses have to wait for residency? Just approve the lot right now. What is there to think about?
The migrant worker thing is getting sorted, finally, solutions seem to be practical.

[artemis]

It's a problem everywhere right now.
So a solution should be obvious if we can find a country where there are decreasing prices.

Or where the state aka taxpayers provides.

[dobby41]

I thought your Cindy was going to sort that all out, right?

Rental properties were going to get upgraded automatically because the government passed legislation to do so. And when they were upgraded, landlords would keep rents the same?

Then, there's Kiwibuild to deliver 10,000 new homes a year, remember?

As I have said many times - 10,000 homes a year was never going to happen!
Landlords were going to put the rents up anyway - because they could. A purely capitalist response as you'd expect. (There are very few socialist landlords from where I sit.)

[artemis]

I thought your Cindy was going to sort that all out, right?

Rental properties were going to get upgraded automatically because the government passed legislation to do so. And when they were upgraded, landlords would keep rents the same?

Then, there's Kiwibuild to deliver 10,000 new homes a year, remember?

Cold, damp and mouldy. Some of that will be structural and up to the landlord to fix. Most of it is the way occupants live.