31 Aug 2023

National to give landlords a tax break under policy

From Morning Report, 8:36 am on 31 August 2023

The National Party is planning to give landlords a tax break by restoring interest deductibility for rental properties.

Labour scrapped interest deductibility for all rental properties except new builds in 2021, in an effort to boost housing supply.

National says that initiative has caused rents to rise and is confident these changes will put downward pressure on rents.

Renters United president Geordie Rogers and New Zealand Property Investors Federation president Sue Harrison spoke to Corin Dann.