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A group which represents landlords and property investors says a letter warning tenants of ‘termination season’ was “well-intentioned” but its “threatening tone” was unfortunate.
The email – sent out by The Rent Shop’s Dunedin office – urged tenants to prioritise paying rent over celebrating Christmas, otherwise their property managers’ Christmases would be ruined by having to evict them.
“Christmas time is… known in property management circles as ‘termination season’, as so many people choose to use their rental payments for Christmas spending instead of ensuring that accommodation for them and their family remains top priority over this period,” the email, obtained by Newshub, read.
“We see so many tenants get behind, and then not be able to catch up. We then have a difficult time with the unfortunate job of having to remove and terminate these tenants from their properties. It is not pleasant at all, and we can only enjoy our Christmas less because of this.”
Tenants who received the email were shocked, one telling Newshub The Rent Shop had been “onto-it” in the past, but had now revealed their “landlord-first attitude”.
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