April 12th. 2017
Have you noticed that the Manawatu Standard has ceased to publish its letters to the editor column and this virus has spread to the community papers.
If publishers and editors exert them selves to keep certain topics out of print,it is not because they are frightened of prosecution,but because they are frightened of public opinion.This would seem to be true of rental housing matters,tenants just like housing are used to being ignored by the local media. Why is this? The media just like central government they are no longer the people we go to for inquiry or investigation into the housing crisis.
There is a housing crisis in New Zealand,and as we enter winter,we can see why the government has moved into the property market by its intention to purchase motels for the growing number of homeless,which is a wise and good move.
This is another testament to the failure of governments housing policies,There has to be new thinking on how we are able to house struggling tenants.Try something new like start a state house building programme.
