Urgent: Landlords, Are You Ready for the 2025 Healthy Homes Deadline?

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So we’ve got Compliancy for Healthy Homes for All Rental Properties in New Zealand, July 1 2025. Now, of course, for new tenancies in place, you’ve got 120 days for new tenancies from the start date of that tenancy.

You need to be fully compliant within 120 days of that tenancy starting. 

July 2025 concerns existing tenants in place of the tenancy before July 1, 2019, when the Healthy Home Amendment became law.

So if you’ve got a long-term tenant in your property, which would be by next year, if they came in, say, June 2019, it will be at least six years.

So, at the moment, they’ve been in that property for five or so years. If you have long-term tenants, you must be fully compliant with Healthy Homes by July 1 2025.

Some people, I think, are going to get caught because they’re long-term tenants. Everything’s fine. And the next minute is going to come up, come upon you.

So what I recommend is that you do a report. Now, you can do it yourself or get one done. Getting one done with a third party is an excellent idea because it’s independent.

If you ever get challenged, you have the report and photos.  If you’re going to do it yourself, as long as you do it properly and understand what meets and what doesn’t, particularly with draughts and things like that, you’ve got to go around and measure.

Otherwise, you’re not necessarily going to be compliant.

So get that done because trade is going to be busy. You don’t know what’s needed.

It’s better to know what you need to do. Plan it for those long-term tenants. So, on July 1, 2025, you will be compliant.

Remember, don’t delay. Get your report done now.

I hope that helps. We’ll catch you next time.

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Healthy homes standards – Tenancy Services

https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/healthy-homes/healthy-homes-standards-what-a-landlord-needs-to-know/