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Call for rent caps after freeze ends

Monday 21st of September 2020

When New Zealand went alert level four lockdown back in March, the Government introduced a temporary freeze on rent increases in a bid to support people through the uncertainty.

This meant that landlords could not increase the rent on sitting tenants – although the rent freeze did not apply to new tenancies.

Six months on, the rent increase freeze is due to end (on Septemb...

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