Roachie: One of the women in this story has asked her landlord for proper insulation and a heatpump, which would be cheaper, but doesn't want to be seen as 'complaining' because she can't risk being homeless with her kids 😡

One of the women in this story has asked her landlord for proper insulation and a heatpump, which would be cheaper, but doesn't want to be seen as 'complaining' because she can't risk being homeless with her kids 😡

'We used the pools for a hot shower': Families go months without power because of non-paymentwww.nzherald.co.nz Households choose between heating and cooking to keep the power on.

Landlords have absolutely no excuse for this given the country is being ground back to the stone age for their benefit.

Finally, some dignity for landlords though

Dis/reconnection fees are a rort that should be illegal. The actual cost tends to zero.

It is literally someone pressing a button. Absolutely immoral.

Yep. If powercos refunded this immoral income, families like those in the article might get some much needed relief...

Insulation and a heatpump should be a no brainer. But then landlords don't pay the power bill so they don't care.

Under the healthy homes legislation these issues should already been attended to

A lot of NZ rental properties are still going to be cold and hard to heat, even with these changes.

I know cause if they are leaky/drafty it still costs a lot to heat

In theory

According to my rental agent the landlord has time until sometime next year

Mine told me it had to have extractor fans in by may/June this year or they couldn't rent them out.

Ours did install enough insulation to meet the Healthy Homes requirements, but didn't install a heatpump because we have a fire (which meets the requirement of a heating source). I can afford power (or firewood) but I still wish we could have a heat pump.

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