Only a quarter of rental properties nationwide pass their healthy homes standards compliance inspections on first try, new analysis from an inspection company suggests.
The Government’s healthy homes standards, which set minimum requirements for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture, drainage and draught-stopping in rental properties, became law on July 1, 2019.
Compliance with them is being phased in over a number of years, but the next big deadline in that process is looming. From July 1, 2021, all private rental properties must comply with the standards within 90 days of any new or renewed tenancy.
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