Tenancy questions pour in after freeze
Christchurch’s Citizens’ Advice Bureau has had a big influx of calls on tenancy and accommodation since the price freeze. The latest bureau figures show that it dealt with 204 such calls in June, compared with 150 in May. The newly established Tenants’ Protection Association has also had many calls. / . . In the three days to the end of the week in which the freeze was announced, 61 calls were dealt with. It became obvious that interpretation of the regulations on rents caused confusion for landlords and tenants, said the monthly
"Bureau Bulletin." The bureau took 1412 calls in June, of which 1018, or 72.1 per cent, were from women. ■’7) ; , Calls to the evening bureau sessions were constant, but low; at 27. The bureau opens from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Mondays, and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursdays. A lawyer’is available. - ' . J Most calls, 205, were for family, marriage, and personal problems. Other calls included 170 on consumer, trade and ” manufacturing queries; 150 on legal problems; and 135 on leisure and recreation matters.
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