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Tenants struggling to pay the rent as the lockdown drags on say calls for landlords to show compassion are going unanswered.
A pause on mortgage payments has not trickled down to rental deferrals for most tenants, with thousands having to request emergency accommodation supplements to get by.
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But landlords say they have bills to pay too, and they need to help themselves before they can pass that on.
Tauranga man John is among those who are struggling to pay the rent at the moment.
His partner is pregnant with the baby due next month and after four weeks of ACC leave he was due to head back to work as a landscape gardener the Monday before the lockdown came into place.
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