Lack of regulation details frustrates property managers

Apart from a discussion document last year, Pearse says Housing Minister Megan Woods announcement that property managers and meth testing for houses is to be regulated, there is no other detail.

He has been trying to get clarification from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development on the details, but says there is such a high turnover of policy advisers it is dead end leading to a blank sheet.

He says the RPMA made submissions to the discussion document and is disappointed Woods did not provide any context around the regulations. “We want to be the supplier of information around the regulations for our members.  We already provide training, including entry requirements into the industry and continuing professional development and do everything that was in the discussion document. Whether that document is going to be the basis for the new regulations has not been made clear.”

The discussion document proposed: