NZPIF: WOFs not the best approach

It was yesterday revealed that a trial of WOFs for rental properties – both private and council-owned – will start across the country in January. Councils said there were concerns that the housing stock was substandard and contributing to poor health.

But the NZPIF says it’s not something tenants are asking for.

The federation said of the 101,784 tenants who called the Tenancy Services advice line in the year to June, just 6.8% had concerns about the maintenance of their property.

“This is backed up by a BRANZ study conducted in 2010, where tenants were asked to rate the condition of their rental property. Eighty per cent of tenants in the study considered their property to be in good condition, with 18% saying their property was in moderate condition. Only 2% said that their rental property was in poor condition.”