PHOTO: State houses. Source: rnz.co.nz
The Government has been accused of having one rule for private landlords and another for itself when it comes to meeting its own healthy homes standards.
Fewer than one-in-five state homes comply with the Government’s own healthy homes standards, which become law for private landlords on 1 July.
In a fiery exchange in Parliament yesterday, Associate Housing Minister Poto Williams confirmed just 11,345 of a total 66,000 state houses currently meet the standards.
The Government has until 1 July, 2023 to ensure state houses meet these same standards, but has come under scrutiny over why private landlords had a different deadline.
In Parliament yesterday, ACT’s housing spokesperson Brook van Valedon asked Williams why the Government can’t meet the same standards it expected of private landlords.
“We have a huge portfolio of homes and we need to make sure that the work is done properly,” Williams replied.
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