Election 2023 - Rental Issues Policy
Act
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
Green Party
Spokesperson:
Marama Davidson
Link to
policy here
.
Marama Davidson
- Set up a rental warrant of fitness system that ensures that affordable, healthy homes are guaranteed in all rental housing.
- Ensure continued availability of rental accommodation in rural towns and villages.
- Partner with Maori organisations and provide funding to ensure that the rental market provides secure, affordable housing for Maori, with a pathway to ownership.
- Provide security of tenure for all living in rental housing by requiring rental tenancies to be offered as long-term or permanent tenancies.
- See more here
Labour
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
National
Spokesperson:
Chris Bishop
Link to
policy here
.
Chris Bishop
- Ensure that there is a halt on adding unnecessary costs by restoring interest deductibility for rental properties.
- Ensure individuals under the age of 30 are able to use KiwiSaver money to make bond payments on tenancy agreements.
- Fully restore interest deductibility for rental properties. This change will be phased in the following stages: Interest deductibility will to be kept at 50% in April 2024 (rather than reduced to 25% as planned by Labour). Interest deductibility will be increased to 75% in April 2025 (rather than fully removed as planned by Labour) 100% interest deductibility will be fully restored from April 2026.
- Remove Labour’s capital gains tax by stealth, by taking the brightline test for rental properties back to two years, from Labour’s existing 10 years by July 2024.
- Read more here
New Zealand First
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
TOP
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
Te Pāti Māori
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.