Radio NZ looks at what energy hardship means for New Zealanders.
“After eight different rental homes in a decade, Alexandra Saunders told Checkpoint there was a clear and common trend with her landlords. ‘They did everything they could to the property up to the legal limit, but they never went beyond.'”
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An interview with a landlord who asked the question ‘Would I want my children living here?’.
Judy Pemberton has insulated using the Warm Up NZ scheme and her local council scheme which allowed her to pay the bill through her rates. She says doing the right thing is a value.
Straight from Statistics NZ… Thirty-eight percent of those disabled people in rented homes said they have difficulty heating, Stats NZ said today.
The rate for non-disabled people in rented housing was 27 percent. Difficulty staying warm was less common for disabled people who live in an owner-occupied home at about 20 percent.
