Good news about the Warrant of Fitness on the national news today. Auckland,Tauranga,Wellington,Christchurch and Dunedin local government athorities are going to pilot a scheme to make sure that rental properties are fit for purpose.It should be noted that the Palmerston North City Council rejected such a scheme when Jill White was the City Mayor,mind you most of the city councillors were serious landlords themselfs and had a serious conflict of interest which they did not see as an issue. So here we go again lets hope the pilots in the various take off as Generation Rent is here with us and will be with us for sometime way into the future unless there is a change of housing policy or a return to policies that worked in giving New Zealand one of the highest home ownership rates in the developed world.The Manaewatu Tenants Union has pushed for a Warrant of Fitness for the last 20 years or so,it will happen it is evolutionary not revolutionary.
