National is changing yet another law by taking us back to the past when thing were swell.
They have announced changes to tenancy laws and the reintroduction of 90 day no cause terminations and an even shorter period of time if they wish to move back into the property themselves.
Apparently the motivation is an altruistic desire to make things easier for tenants.
By doing this landlords will rush back into the market, new rental properties will magically appear out of thin air, the housing crisis will be solved and rents will tumble as market forces take over and drive prices down.
As if …
Chris Bishop was on National Radio and gave this rationale:
We’ve heard from many landlords that, without the backstop of 90-day ‘no cause’ terminations, they were unwilling to take a chance on a tenant who may, for example, not have perfect references or a steady 9-5 job.”
The rhetoric reminds me strongly of what they say about 90 day fire at will provisions about how the employer needs to have this power because otherwise they were unwilling to give employees who do not have a stellar background. Similar analysis free reckons.
And it is incredible how often the justification they give is that their supporters and funders have told them so. Whether it is anything to do with employment law or criminal justice or tenants rights the reckons of their supporters and funders carries a lot of weight.
And not proper analysis reliant on real world data.
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