'Remarkable': Extensive damage to new rental thousands to repair
Tenant who trashed new rental home also took batteries out of smoke alarms.
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Unhappy tenant awarded $9000 over freezing, noisy, unlawful flat
The tenant was entitled to quiet enjoyment of her home without disturbance - tribunal.
No consents, no heating, sewage overflowing: 'Handshake' agreement leads to $33k tenancy payout
Two tenants lived in discomfort for years in a converted implement shed on an orchard.
Tenants illegally sublet rental after claiming it was unliveable
A mother and son duo claimed the property was unliveable - then rented it to someone else.
Landlord who inherited dad's property wanted long-term tenant's bond
An 18-year tenancy went bad when her landlord's son inherited the house.
Baby living in mouldy, damp house suffers respiratory illness
Medical evidence showed the mould-ridden house caused lasting health issues to a baby boy.
Rules planned for testing methamphetamine contamination in rentals
A housing and health researcher says the history of meth testing is a 'long and sad one'.
Tenants forced to stand on wooden planks in bathroom so they didn't fall through rotting floor
Tribunal: Tenants entitled to use bathroom without fear of falling through floor.
Wild parties, stabbing, rat infestation: Unruly neighbours wreak havoc on Kāinga Ora tenant
The tenant's family and friends stopped visiting her and she became depressed and anxious.
'Smelt clearly of marijuana': Man burns weed crop in fireplace as police surround his home
Plumes of marijuana-smelling smoke allegedly billowed from the house.
'It's a free country': Ex-political candidate slept on the floor while tenants moved in
The bach was also 'worn and tired' and so cold in winter the walls 'cried'.
Trust ordered to pay tenant nearly $3K after subletting 'uninhabitable' property
The judgment is the second against the trust in just over a month.
‘Hellish house’: Young mum wins payout over 'dire and unsafe' rental
Issues included rotting floorboards and cupboards and a mould-ridden ceiling.
Tipped off: Tenant gets $10,000 back in rent after retaliatory notice by landlord
He was given notice after a call to the council revealed his flat wasn't permitted.
Landlord ordered to pay compensation after renting illegal unit with fire risk
Profiting from renting dangerous and unlawful premises has to stop, tenancy tribunal rules
‘More should have been done’: Young mother of four undergoing chemo suffers mouldy home
The woman made multiple complaints but it 'fell on deaf ears'.
‘Explanations defy logic’: Woman faked evidence to win Tenancy Tribunal hearing
Judge Paul Mabey found there was a 'consistent pattern of fraud' in the woman's offending.
A brothel, drug-use, burglaries: Students win right to end flat lease amid security fears
The group of young female students claimed security issues led to two burglaries.
'Crackhead, 'prostitute': Landlord found to have harassed tenant, threatened her with gang retribution
The tenant went nearly four months without a working shower.
'Just shocking': Tenant used baseball bat to smash up rental house
Baseball bat used by tenant to destroy walls and appliances in rental, then flooded.
Kāinga Ora and private landlords given 12-month extension to meet Healthy Homes standards
Govt also announced work on meth testing and regulations for property managers.
'Aggressive': Landlord 'assaulted' for filming tenant
The landlord claimed she had to take four days off work after the tenant hit her hand.