Rental WOF needed to address inequality - academic
Urgent and robust regulation of New Zealand’s private rental market is needed, according to University of Otago Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman.
In a new publication, Home Truths: Confronting New Zealand’s Housing Crisis, Howden-Chapman said that, in the 2014 General Health Survey, almost half of New Zealanders living in rental housing reported that their houses were damp or mouldy.
There is growing gulf between homeowners enjoying a property boom and renter who cannot afford to purchase their own home, she said.
“But the fundamental qualities of housing – that it be dry, warm and safe – should not be determined by a household’s income.”
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