Yet another horror story from NZ’s worst landlord

Stuff reports:

Neighbours of a Kāinga Ora house frequented by gang members say they feel trapped in their homes and are sick of living in fear.

The property in Marlborough is rented by the state housing provider to a person associated with a gang that visits the property for parties and gatherings.

The Marlborough Express has decided not to identify the neighbours, the gang or the street, to protect the safety of the neighbours. They regularly deal with intimidation from patched gang members even just walking past the property.

But the residents say they felt compelled to speak publicly about their problems, having sought help from police and Kāinga Ora in the past year, but to no avail.

It is important people focus on who is responsible for this. It is deliberate Government policy introduced by Labour that no matter how much you terrorise your neighbours, you will never have your tenancy terminated. It is government policy that the rights of gang associates to give cheap taxpayer subsidised housing outweighs the rights of everyone else in the community.

The pensioner had woken one night to find a woman had broken into her lounge through her locked front door. The woman said she was looking for a smoke, and the pensioner gave her one and then asked her to leave, she said.

The pensioner said she slept with a knife, while another neighbour said he was considering getting a firearm for his own protection.

Labour is forcing them to live in fear like this. The obvious answer is to evict the tenants, but it goes against their ideology.

After complaining to Kāinga Ora, the pensioner said she was told the gang associates had to live somewhere, and suggested she consider moving instead.

This is the kind Government in action.

Kāinga Ora focused on housing New Zealanders based on their housing need, and did not discriminate against people with gang affiliations or criminal convictions, “who are equally part of the community with the right to a home”.

The problem with this statement is responsibilities should come with rights. But Kainga Ora no longer requires their tenants to do simple stuff such as not terrorise the neighbours, not operate criminal enterprises from their houses, nor damage the property etc etc