NZ to End ‘War on Landlords’ and Reintroduce ‘No Cause’ Evictions

The New Zealand government is reintroducing 90-day “no-cause evictions” and making several other changes to notice period laws in a bid to incentivise more landlords to enter the rental market. Under the previous John Key-led National government, the same provisions applied but these were scrapped by the Ardern Labour government. Housing Minister Chris Bishop described the changes as “sensible” and “pro-tenant” and said they would “help increase the supply of rental properties.” “The previous government waged a war on landlords. Many landlords told us this caused them to exit the rental market altogether,” Mr. Bishop said. The changes, which are part of the National-ACT coalition agreement, will include the reintroduction of:...