NOTICE TO QUIT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12646, 2 June 1919, Page 4

NOTICE TO QUIT.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—The shortage of houses—that is, houses fit to live iu—is acute just now. It did not trouble me very much until about,a week ago. I have been renting a house for over five years. It suited me, aud the rent was right for me, and I thought for my landlord also. Then, like a bolt from the blue, I got notice to quit. One month, said the landlord, and I must bo out- He had sold the house, and the new owner wanted possession. Now is this a fair sort ,of thing? I have been a good tenant, have' paid my rent regularly, and never asked my'landlord to do anything much in the way of repairs or renovations. In fact, tho house and garden are bettor for my occupancy. But that does not save me. 1 am fired out, in the middle of winter, to find a house when there are no houses to find. A month’s notice is too short. Is it fair that a landlord should be allowed to evict a tenant who pays up, and who has had possession for so long? I don’t think so.—l am, HOMELESS.