15-06-2015

NZPIF in the news in May and June

1. News
2. 2015
3. June

Capital gains tax, a warrant of fitness for rental housing,  the advantages of renting – these were some of the issues which were debated in the media over the last month

Media releases

• 15 May Capital Gains Tax  read here

  31 May RBNZ proposals to increase cost of borrowing to property investors read here

  2 June Death of 2 year old and WOF  read here

  8 June Opinion piece on WOF

  9 June Landlords take the initiative over smoke alarms  read here 

Interviews with journalists

• 30 May Dominion Post Andrew quoted on effect of CGT

• 7 June TVNZ Andrew interviewed about housing market and WOF by Wallace Chapman  - read here     
• 8 June TVNZ interview of Andrew WOF and minimum standards read here
• 8 June Stuff website – Andrew quoted on WOF
• 9 June NewsTalk ZB, Radio Live, Radio NZ, NZ Herald interviews of Andrew on WOF and minimum standards read here
• 14 June Landlords stung by tenants – Andrew quoted
• `17 June Andrew interviewed by Mark Sainsbury on renting  - read here

17 June Andrew interviewed on Productivity Commission’s view on use of land