But TCIT received a complaint in October 2019, that alleged Poomia Investments had continued not to comply with its bond lodging obligations and these breaches were then brought to the Tenancy Tribunal. Watson said boarding house landlords needed to be aware they were running a residential accommodation business which needed to follow the Act. “They cannot rewrite the rules if they are of the opinion that lodging bonds is too much of a burden; they need to comply with the law,” Watson said. Under the Act, landlords who are operating a boarding house and require a bond of more than one week’s rent must lodge that bond with Tenancy Services within 23 working days and provide their tenant with a receipt.
Press Release – Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment A Huntly boarding house operator has been ordered to pay $8,956.28 and received a restraining order following evidence brought forward by MBIEs Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team (TCIT) at the Tenancy Tribunal. A TCIT investigation found …
A Huntly boarding house operator has been ordered to pay $8,956.28 and received a restraining order following evidence brought forward by MBIE’s Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team (TCIT) at the Tenancy Tribunal.
A TCIT investigation found landlord Poomia Investments Limited failed to lodge the bonds for 37 of its tenants at Rawhiti Lodge boarding house, and asked eight of those tenants to pay rent in advance before the expiry of the period for which their rent had already been paid.