Healthy Homes Bill progresses
Labour leader Andrew Little’s Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2) scrapped through its first reading in Parliament - 61 to 60 – last night.
The bill aims to set minimum standards around insulation, heating, ventilation and drainage which all landlords would have to comply with before they could legally rent out their properties.
Little said the Bill’s progression means some of New Zealand’s most vulnerable children and families are on their way towards safer living conditions.
Those who voted for the Bill, along with non-parliamentary supporters like the Children’s Commissioner, are united in the belief that landlords must provide decent insulation and heating in the houses they rent, he said.
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