6 Jun 2023

Greens say it's time for renters to tell it like it is

From Morning Report, 6:19 am on 6 June 2023

"Renters, it's time to tell it like it is," Auckland Central's MP Chlöe Swarbrick says.

The Green Party are today launching a campaign asking for people to submit their stories of what they call subpar, substandard and downright awful experiences of renting in Aotearoa.

Data from StatsNZ's 2019 housing report shows one in three New Zealand households are less likely to be satisfied with their accommodation compared to homeowners.

Swarbrick says the campaign will "give renters a platform to tell their stories directly, to make their basic human rights impossible for Parliament and the Government to ignore".

She spoke to Corin Dann.