Renting

Question of the Day: What has your renting experience been? Audio

A report from Victoria University has found that renting is linked to poorer health among older people. Those in public rental properties have the poorest health. They have the lowest incomes, smoke… Audio

Wellington is the most expensive in the country to rent, Trade Me says. Rents are up 5.8 percent to an all time high of a median $565. Auckland remains high and the National median has also risen.  Audio

Letting fees are a relic of the past from today, but will those costs simply be passed on through rent increases? The Real Estate Institute's Bindi Norwell joins us to discuss. Audio

An Auckland woman stuck on the tenancy treadmill says a national shared-equity scheme could get her on the currently unattainable housing ladder. A Salvation Army report published this morning paints… Audio

Napier's rental squeeze has got so tight that one landlord has pulled an ad for a rental home after being overwhelmed by more than 900 enquiries in just 24 hours. Audio

Auckland Council has given the owner of a "third world swamp house" 10 days to fix the issues or face a fine of up to $200,000. Zac Fleming reports. Video, Audio

Zac Fleming attempts to talk to landlord Aven Raj, who has been renting out a "third world swamp" property to an Auckland family, who say it's making them sick. Auckland Council is considering issuing… Video, Audio

Rental property managers are being accused of deceit, manipulation, and discrimination in a scathing new report. The report by the Anglican Church says some property managers are resorting to illegal… Audio

The Anglican Church is calling for rules to govern rental property managers, saying some are deceitful and manipulative and too easily able to get away with illegal behaviour. The director of the… Audio

An Auckland family has been paying hundreds of dollars a week to live in a house with a swamp underneath it. Housing Minister Phil Twyford tells John Campbell it's a textbook case of why the rules… Video, Audio

An Auckland family's rental house has a rubbish dump and swamp underneath it, which is attracting rats and mosquitoes and they say it's also making them sick. Tenant Dawn Robbie says she’s complained… Video, Audio

Property investors are sounding the alarm over a proposal they say could lead to landlords hiking rents more frequently. The Housing Minister Phil Twyford has put forward a series of proposed changes… Audio

Property investors are sounding the alarm over a proposal they say could lead to landlords hiking rents more frequently. The Housing Minister Phil Twyford has put forward a series of proposed changes… Audio

A South African man who moved to Auckland with his family says the rental market is a nightmare and it's too easy for landlords to end tenancies. He says it's especially hard for a family with… Audio

A property manager has described how landlords and property managers ask for bank statements from prospective tenants during the vetting process - and they don't want to see too many KFC dinners. Audio

Change to our economic systems will only be possible if the general public are entrusted with the real facts, says Ann Pettifor, one of the few economists to predict the 2007-2009 Global Financial… Audio

There's an interesting suggestion in the latest research paper from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. It's that landlords should be made to become more like employers. Audio