Tenancy
Sir, —If “Lex” reads my letters again he will find no reference to any lease not giving protection to lessees. What I have said, and I say again, is that the removal of the Tenancy Act has put the tenant, and, once his lease has expired he is no longer a lessee, under the thumb of the landlord. Whether or not the landowner will take advantage of the situation is beside the point. He can. According to a newspaper report last year, the member for Roskill stated in Parliament that some leasehold rentals in his area had increased by up to 1000 per cent on renewal, and the member for Dunedin Central suggested action was needed against other exploitation. Add the Attorney-General’s agreement that the rights of the lessee terminate with the lease and it supports my contention that protection to the tenant is still necessary.— Yours etc., H. S. BUTCHER. July 15, 1966. [This correspondence is now closed.—Ed., “The Press.”]
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31113, 16 July 1966, Page 14
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162Tenancy Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31113, 16 July 1966, Page 14
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