Do not wait until the deadline - start preparing now to make certain your residential or commercial properties comply with the standards in time.

To assist you, we have user friendly tools and resources for you to use. They include checklists, and choice tools that can assist find out if you require to make any modifications to comply with the standards.

There is a compliance statement template you can use to put in your tenancy contract (having one is a requirement).

Healthy homes standards - info for proprietors

The healthy homes standards are designed to make homes warmer, drier, and healthier for tenants. They introduce minimum standards for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture ingress and drain, and draught dropping in rental residential or commercial properties.

Maintaining to standard

Landlords are responsible for making certain their residential or commercial properties meet the requirements and continue to in future.

Keeping your residential or commercial property up to basic

Landlords who do not meet their commitments for the healthy homes standards remain in breach of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 and may face consequences, like financial charges.

Compliance timeframes

All boarding houses, Kainga Ora and signed up neighborhood housing supplier homes should currently adhere to the healthy homes standards.

Private leasings need to comply in between 1 July 2021 and 1 July 2025. the date depends on if there has actually been a new or restored occupancy throughout that time.

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