RENT PROBLEM

NZ Truth, Issue 1146, 17 November 1927, Page 16

RENT PROBLEM

Q.: I am paying 18/- per week rent which under the Rent Restriction Act is all my landlord can charge. He has given me notice that my rent will be 30/---per week. Can he raise it that amount or what should I do? — "Worker" (Caversham). ' A.: The whole of the rent restriction legislation will' be repealed on January (I, 1928. Until that date all you can do is to apply to the magistrate for an order re-applying the legislation to your tenancy with retrospective application to August 1, 1927. Unless you obtain such an order the landlord can charge you what he likes from August 1 last.