A LandlordA Landlord

I was a landlord, and I hated the person it made me become

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The landlord who wrote about her disgust at the industry’s ‘negligence and greed’ has sold her rental property. Here she explains why. It’s been two and half years since my husband and I bought our below average rental in its unpopular town, dragged it into the 21st century with a few improvements, and sat back … Read more

I’m a landlord – but the negligence and greed of other landlords makes me ashamed to admit it

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First published as part of The Spinoff’s Rent Week series earlier this year, we’re resharing this op-ed from an anonymous landlord to mark the release of Unsettled, our documentary about the New Zealand housing crisis. I’m one of the “amateur landlords” Duncan Greive mentioned yesterday, the ones who former Reserve Bank governor Arthur Grimes says … Read more