'Not clear exactly' where evicted Kāinga Ora tenants will go, CEO says
'Not clear exactly' where evicted Kāinga Ora tenants will go, CEO says
About 2000 tenants owe more than 12-weeks' rent as the agency looks to crack down.
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As someone who's skipped the whole OE and worked hard to scrape together a house deposit, living in a not too great area surrounded by KO homes whilst struggling somewhat to pay the mortgage, I don't get the sensationalism surrounding the news articles focusing on KO lately. Like, I'd love to be able to live in a nicely insulated home where the cost won't exceed 25% of my income. If people take the mickey in this situation we shouldn't be giving them a rent free pass? ie rewarding people for not playing their part in society. Alternative headline: Tenants who don't pay rent get evicted.
Because the outcome is a lot worse for society than unpaid rent if they don't have a roof over their heads.
New Zealand really loves to chase the wrong end of the stick and focus on benefit-bashing. The reality is that there's a much higher magnitude of tax fraud than there is benefit fraud, so how about we focus on the big ticket items first?
That may be true, but what other options do they have to control the behaviour of people in their housing? People are being assaulted and harassed by their neighbors.
Why are you pretending this is being done by everybody in KO? It's a very small minority and they can be dealt with by the law.
BTW. I like that you want to kick people out of their houses for harassing their neighbours. Oh wait a minute. You are only calling for that when they are in public housing. If they are in private housing you don't give a flying fuck that they are harassing their neighbours.
Why don't we take your hyper violent recommendation and apply it uniformly? If anybody harasses any neighbour they are left homeless. If they are renting they get evicted, if they own their own house they are kicked out and their houses are confiscated.
Would you be OK with that?
I'm honestly not sure what you're on about here, or how you reached the conclusions that you have, but you seem remarkably fired up about an anonymous comment.
And yes, if people repeatedly commit crimes against their neighbours, they should be forced to move. That sounds fair and reasonable to me.
And yes, if people repeatedly commit crimes against their neighbours,
You didn't say crimes when you were talking about people on public housing. You also didn't say repeatedly. This is your two tiered morality. You think people on public housing should be ejected from their houses for harassment but if you are on private housing it not only do you have to commit a crime but repeatedly commit crimes against your neighbours before you are kicked out.
Once again, I'm baffled how you got from here to there, but OK buddy.
This is why I don't typically bother engaging with you, you read a comment, and go off on the most batshit insane tangent, based on what you've decided I meant.
You just don't like being held responsible for your words. You chose the word harass not me.
you said if a person in public housing harasses their neighbours they should be evicted. You didn't say crime, you said harass. You added crime later when I challenged you.
So just to clear things up.
You asserted that a if a person in KO harasses their neighbours they should be evicted.
Do you think if a renter is harassing their neighbours they should be evicted?
Do you think if a homeowner is harassing their neighbors they should be evicted?
These are simple yes and no questions that should clear up the matter.
Don't use the word crime, we already have laws dealing with crime and even people who commit crimes don't get evicted as a part of their punishment or lose their homes.
Harassing people is a crime, you turbo genius, and the answer to all the other questions you asked are also yes.
You have far more patience than I do for dealing with this Muppet. Good on you, and hope you have a nice day!
I remembered why I had them blocked, and did so again.
I'm usually happy to share viewpoints with others, but they're just off the deep end.
Harassing people is not a crime you turbo genious. You complain that I am harassing you now, am I committing a crime? Should I be evicted from my house.
all the other questions you asked are also yes
Jesus you are a vile piece of human excrement. Kicking people out of their houses because a neighbor complains about harassment.
You are a sick sick individual and your cruel and dumb ideology must not be left unchallenged lest we become the USA.
I agree with the first it but not the second.
You'd love if you could live in a nicely insulated home where you didn't have unreasonable rent costs.
For me, the takeaway is not that we should kick these people out, it's that KO should be significantly expanding this programme.
KO should be significantly expanding this programme.
KO needs another tier of accommodation for those who can't afford the rent in KO's existing accommodation.
I can't quite grok why KO wouldn't already have this though. KO's reason to exist is to provide accommodation to those who can't otherwise afford it. That they have unaffordable rent levels is weird given its probably mostly just consuming the tenants' accommodation supplement anyway. There's a wasteful overhead there.
The risk is that the cheaper accommodation will probably end up as slums from NIMBY's and aggressive cost cutting.
Slums or not I think it would be more efficient and effective to build multiple residency apartment towers. Land is expensive and it takes too long and costs too much to build thousands of individual houses.
It's great that you were able to achieve your life's goals. I don't know where the attitude to pull up the ladder behind you comes in though.
The way I see it housing is one of those survival needs and the state should be providing it for everybody who can't afford it. Hell I would be in favor of converting jails to housing. It won't be nice but it's better than living in the streets or in a car.