Dennis resident Karen Clifford has been looking for a year-round rental since January, ever since her landlords decided to sell their property.

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But, 12 months on, some commentators have described a “renaissance” in what was once considered a dated offering.

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Landlords and letting agents need more clarity and transparency about the future of Right to Rent checks post-pandemic and post-Brexit, according to the UK’s largest provider of inventory services.

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It’s the most expensive suburb in Wellington, containing one of the most expensive streets in the country – yet almost one in five houses in the seaside suburb of Oriental Bay is empty.

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OPINION: The $3.8 billion Housing Acceleration Fund was announced in March 2021 in advance of the May budget announcement. The contestable Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (at least $1b) is the second cab off the rank (after the $2b Kāinga Ora Land Programme), to be followed by the Māori Infrastructure Fund ($350 million) in August. The Housing Acceleration fund also includes the $350m residential development response fund, and the $50m land for housing programme.

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The proportion of council rates paid by the commercial sector is out of kilter, Nelson mayor Rachel Reese says.

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