THE NEW HOUSING ACT.
CASES BEFORE THE COURT. [Pep. Press Association. 3 \VELLINGTON. February 16. The first cases under the new Housing Act, allowing a landlord 7 per cent on the value of the premises, came before the .Magistrate. Air Hunt, yesterday. when the owner of several houses asked that the tenants’ rents be raised. Tenants’ counsel contended that no repairs had been made, but plaintiff contended that there had been expenditure on repairs entitling her to increased rentals. In one case the defendant had occupied the house for 2-1 rears, and the premises were still without sms or electric light. The rent for this house was fixed at the rate now paid. Decision in the other cases was deferred pending the Magistrate's personal examination of the houses.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16353, 16 February 1921, Page 7
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128THE NEW HOUSING ACT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16353, 16 February 1921, Page 7
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