FIXING OF RENTS.
I IKST CASES IN WELLINGTON. Wellington. Feb. 16. The first eases under the new Hous nig Act. allowing landlords .seven pel cent, on the value el the premises, came before the Magistrate. Mr. Hunt yesterday, when the owner ot several iious-s asked that tenants’ rents Ik raised. Tenants’ counsel <on tended that no repairs had been made bul plauiliti contended that there had been expenditure on repairs entitling her to increased rentals. In one case lielendaiil bad o<»’upicd the house tor twentyfour years, and the premises were still witlnnit gas or electric light. The rent tor this was fixed al the rati* now pai«l. The decision in the other cases was deterred. pending the Magistrate’s personal examination of the houses.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XI, Issue 53, 16 February 1921, Page 3
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