The anti-social behaviour included playing loud music, swearing, verbally assaulting a neighbour and a domestic incident that required police attendance. As required under new tenancy law requirements, the landlord had given the tenant a written notice after each incident. The adjudicator found the landlord had established the anti-social behaviour and that it was fair to terminate the tenancy. But the adjudicator granted the tenant name suppression “so that their ability to secure future rental accommodation is not hindered by this order”.
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Tenant names in Tenancy Tribunal rulings of intentional damage should not be suppressed, landlords say. In another case, a landlord was awarded nearly $3000 for several intentional incidents of damage, which included holes in the walls throughout the house, and for rubbish removal and garden work to return the property to a clean and tidy condition.