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# PF007 · Captured AI answers

Edition 1 · answers collected 5 October 2026.

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## Question

I'm a tertiary student renting a room, working part time and using a student loan. I am struggling to fit paid work around study. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. Which parties are offering meaningful changes for renters, and how would their plans affect rent costs, healthy homes and tenancy security?

Question ID: 7d43b22a-ce3a-4570-a748-4b81cf42e2c7. Report reference: PF007.

Issue: Housing. Voter: Student renting and working part time.

[Source record (JSON)](https://nzbrands.ai/data/nz-election-2026/editions/1/answers/7d43b22a-ce3a-4570-a748-4b81cf42e2c7.json)

## How to read this evidence

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Captured 5 October 2026. 4 answers were saved for this question. Missing answers have not been filled in.

[Study methodology and limitations](https://nzbrands.ai/research/nz-election-2026/editions/1/method.md)

## ChatGPT · asked nationally

Answer ID: e36dcccd-5ee8-435b-98fe-6650d329a295. Captured 5 October 2026.

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If you’re weighing your 2026 vote specifically as a **tertiary student who rents and has limited ability to work more hours**, the parties are offering quite different approaches. The biggest divide is between **direct renter protections** and **trying to lower rents indirectly by increasing housing supply**.

The election is on **7 November 2026**. [Policies for Party vote - NZ Election 2026 - Policy.nz](https://policy.nz/2026/party-vote/policies/housing?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

## The main approaches

| Party | Rent costs | Healthy homes | Tenancy security |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Greens** | **2% annual cap**; more public housing; reverse landlord tax advantages | Rental Warrant of Fitness; stronger rental-quality rules | **End no-cause evictions**; Renter's Rights Bill |
| **Labour** | More public housing and housing supply; proposed 28% CGT on investment property | Stronger enforcement; Labour MP has proposed adding insulated curtains to Healthy Homes | Says renting should be fairer/more secure; would reverse no-cause evictions |
| **National** | Emphasis on increasing private housing supply and competition; higher Accommodation Supplement | Retains existing Healthy Homes framework | Keeps 90-day no-cause termination rules |
| **ACT** | Supply-led approach; argues fewer restrictions on landlords will increase rental supply | No comparable new rental-quality intervention identified | Supports current 90-day no-cause terminations |
| **Te Pāti Māori** | More public/affordable housing; action against speculation and vacant properties | Warm, safe, secure housing is a stated objective | Strong emphasis on secure housing, although its published programme is less specific than the Greens' |
| **NZ First** | Less detailed renter-specific programme publicly available; immigration reduction is argued to ease housing demand | No major new renter-specific standard identified | No major new renter-specific security proposal identified |

### 1. Greens: the most direct intervention in the rental market

The Greens' **A Home for Everybody** programme is unusually specific about renters. It proposes:

- a **2% maximum annual rent increase**;
- reversing the return of **no-cause evictions**;
- a Renter's Rights Bill;
- a **Rental Warrant of Fitness**;
- tens of thousands of additional public homes; and
- reversing the landlord interest-deductibility changes introduced by the current government. [Greens announce plan to end homelessness & fix housing crisis - Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand](https://www.greens.org.nz/greens_announce_plan_to_end_homelessness_fix_housing_crisis?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

For someone in your position, the distinction is important.

**Rent:** the 2% cap would provide immediate protection against large increases while you're studying. If your rent were $300/week, for example, a 2% maximum increase would be $6/week. But it would not necessarily make a new tenancy cheap: rent controls can also affect landlords' incentives and the supply and allocation of rental properties. ACT explicitly disputes the Greens' approach, arguing that rent caps reduce supply; that is a contested policy question rather than an established prediction about exactly what would happen in New Zealand. [ACT New Zealand](https://www.act.org.nz/news/greens-revive-campaign-to-make-more-people-homeless?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

**Healthy homes:** the Rental Warrant of Fitness would add an important layer to the existing Healthy Homes Standards. Currently, rental standards cover heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture/drainage and draught stopping, with landlords responsible for compliance. [Healthy homes standards - Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (Formerly Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development)](https://www.hud.govt.nz/our-work/healthy-homes-standards?utm_source=chatgpt.com) The Greens argue that renters shouldn't have to risk their relationship with a landlord by personally fighting for compliance. [Level the playing field for people who rent - action.greens.org.nz](https://action.greens.org.nz/support_a_rental_warrant_of_fitness?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

**Security:** this is probably the clearest difference. No-cause termination currently allows a landlord to end a periodic tenancy with 90 days' notice. [Changes to the Residential Tenancies Act become law - Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (Formerly Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development)](https://www.hud.govt.nz/news/changes-to-the-residential-tenancies-act-become-law?utm_source=chatgpt.com) The Greens explicitly want to reverse that.

### 2. Labour: stronger renter protections, but less direct rent control

Labour's housing programme says it wants renting to be "fairer and more secure" and proposes substantial additional Kāinga Ora building. Its current **Start Work Now** package allocates **$2.9 billion in capital for Kāinga Ora** plus $745 million in operating funding for additional income-related rent subsidies and community housing. [Affordable homes for all](https://www.labour.org.nz/homes)

Labour has also announced a **28% capital-gains tax on residential and commercial investment property, excluding the family home**, as part of its funding programme. [Labour's 2026 Election Policies](https://www.labour.org.nz/policy?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

On **rent**, Labour isn't proposing the Greens' 2% cap. Its theory is more heavily based on increasing public and overall housing supply and addressing investment incentives. That could put downward pressure on rents over time, but unlike a rent cap, it doesn't give you a guaranteed maximum increase next year.

On **healthy homes**, Labour has recently supported extending the standards. A Labour member's bill would require landlords, where practicable, to provide insulated curtains or equivalent window coverings. [Release: Labour Bill helps renters save on energy costs](https://www.labour.org.nz/news/release-labour-bill-helps-renters-save-on-energy-costs/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

On **security**, Labour's current position is significant because the present law is different from the rules it introduced while previously in government. Labour's earlier tenancy reforms abolished no-cause terminations, while the 2024 law brought them back. [Making housing more affordable - NZ Labour Party](https://www.labour.org.nz/news-housing_affordable_infrastructure?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Labour has also criticised the current 90-day regime and said it wants to restore stronger renter security. [Release: National Government takes anti-housing stance - NZ Labour Party](https://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_national_government_takes_anti_housing_stance?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

One additional issue particularly relevant to you: Labour is proposing a **10% cut to eligible student-loan balances**, with current/future students qualifying after three years based in New Zealand. [Labour's 2026 Election Policies](https://www.labour.org.nz/policy?utm_source=chatgpt.com) That's not a rental policy, but it could matter considerably to your overall weekly budget.

### 3. National: supply, subsidies and fewer rental restrictions

National's approach is substantially different. It emphasises making it easier to build housing and creating more competitive urban land markets. Its government has put **$400 million over four years** into incentives for councils to support housing growth and has funded another **1,800–2,250 social and other homes** through the Flexible Fund. [Budget 2026 – for the housing and urban system - Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (Formerly Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development)](https://www.hud.govt.nz/news/budget-2026-for-the-housing-and-urban-system?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

The argument is essentially: **build substantially more housing → increase competition between landlords → moderate rents**.

National has also increased the maximum **Accommodation Supplement** for private renters. From April 2027, maximum rates increase across the country. [Budget 2026 – for the housing and urban system - Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (Formerly Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development)](https://www.hud.govt.nz/news/budget-2026-for-the-housing-and-urban-system?utm_source=chatgpt.com) For a low-income private renter who qualifies, that's potentially a direct improvement in weekly disposable income.

But there's a trade-off in the current social-housing policy: income-related rent for social-housing tenants is increasing from **25% to 30% of income**, beginning in April 2027. The government says this will affect about 84,000 households, by an average of approximately $31/week. [Delivering fairer social housing | National Party](https://www.national.org.nz/news/20260521-honchrisbishop-housing?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

For **tenancy security**, National's 2024 reforms restored 90-day no-cause termination for periodic tenancies. [Changes to the Residential Tenancies Act become law - Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (Formerly Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development)](https://www.hud.govt.nz/news/changes-to-the-residential-tenancies-act-become-law?utm_source=chatgpt.com) So a renter prioritising being able to remain in the same home while completing a degree would face a materially different legal environment under National/ACT's approach than under the Greens' proposal.

### 4. ACT: strongest emphasis on supply and landlord incentives

ACT's position is similar to National's on the basic mechanism: it argues that the central problem is **insufficient housing supply**, rather than excessive landlord power.

ACT supported restoring 90-day no-cause terminations and argues that restrictions on landlords can discourage people from supplying rental properties. [ACT New Zealand](https://www.act.org.nz/news/residential-tenancies-act-changes-will-increase-access-to-housing?utm_source=chatgpt.com) It also supports the government's shift toward higher Accommodation Supplements for private renters. [ACT New Zealand](https://www.act.org.nz/news/act-welcomes-a-fairer-deal-for-renters-and-taxpayers?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

ACT's argument is that making renting more flexible for landlords will increase the supply of rental homes and ultimately moderate rents. ACT points to recent rent movements as evidence for its approach, but its interpretation of causation is a **party claim**, not proof that its policies alone caused those movements. [ACT New Zealand](https://www.act.org.nz/news/rents-fallin?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

For **healthy homes**, I haven't found an ACT 2026 proposal comparable to the Greens' Rental Warrant of Fitness or Labour's proposed curtains requirement. The existing national Healthy Homes Standards therefore remain the main protection.

### 5. Te Pāti Māori: public/affordable housing and anti-speculation

Te Pāti Māori's housing policy centres on **more public and affordable homes**, making it easier to build on Māori/ancestral land, and measures against speculation and land-banking, including vacant properties. [Te Pāti Māori is the assertion of our mana motuhake and our liberation](https://www.maoriparty.org.nz/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

Its housing framing is explicitly about warm, safe and secure homes rather than simply housing as an investment. It has less detailed publicly stated policy around a specific rent cap or Rental Warrant of Fitness than the Greens, so it's harder to quantify the effect on your particular tenancy.

## What this means for someone in your situation

I'd separate the question into **three different financial risks**, because the parties address them differently:

### If your biggest fear is "my rent goes up faster than I can earn"

The Greens are proposing the most direct protection: **a 2% annual ceiling**. Labour is offering additional public housing and supply but no equivalent rent cap. National and ACT rely primarily on increased supply and competition rather than controlling individual rent increases. [Greens announce plan to end homelessness & fix housing crisis - Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand](https://www.greens.org.nz/greens_announce_plan_to_end_homelessness_fix_housing_crisis?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

### If your biggest fear is "I could lose my room and have to find another one while studying"

The distinction is particularly stark.

The **current law permits 90-day no-cause termination** of a periodic tenancy. [Tenancy law changes » Tenancy Services](https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/law-changes/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

- Greens: explicitly propose ending this.
- Labour: supports stronger renter security and has criticised its restoration.
- National/ACT: support the current more flexible regime.

For a student whose timetable and income make moving particularly disruptive, that's worth treating as a separate issue from rent affordability.

### If your biggest fear is "my room is cold, damp or unhealthy"

All renters already have the Healthy Homes framework: heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture/drainage and draught stopping. [Healthy homes standards - Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (Formerly Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development)](https://www.hud.govt.nz/our-work/healthy-homes-standards?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

The Greens propose going further with a **Rental Warrant of Fitness**. Labour is proposing additional requirements such as insulated curtains and has a record of supporting stronger enforcement. National/ACT are not proposing an equivalent new renter-specific quality regime in the material I've found.

## One thing I'd be careful about

"Will this party make my rent cheaper?" is actually **three different questions**:

1. **Will my existing rent be prevented from increasing?**
2. **Will the market rent for the next room I rent be lower?**
3. **Will I have more money available to pay whatever the rent is?**

The Greens' 2% cap most directly addresses **#1**.  
National/ACT's supply strategy is primarily aimed at **#2**.  
National's Accommodation Supplement and Labour's wider cost-of-living/student policies can affect **#3** for eligible people.

Those mechanisms can produce very different experiences for a student renter.

One final practical point: because you're renting a **room**, rather than necessarily an entire self-contained dwelling, check whether your arrangement is covered by the Residential Tenancies Act. Some flatmate/boarding arrangements have different legal protections. That can make the tenancy-security part of the parties' policies particularly important to investigate in your individual circumstances.

For a neutral side-by-side exploration of the 2026 policies, [Policy.nz's housing comparison](https://policy.nz/2026/party-vote/policies/housing?utm_source=chatgpt.com) is useful; it lets you drill into renting, housing quality and social housing rather than comparing entire manifestos at once. [Policies for Party vote - NZ Election 2026 - Policy.nz](https://policy.nz/2026/party-vote/policies/housing?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

If you tell me **roughly what you pay in rent per week, whether you're on a periodic or fixed-term tenancy, and whether you're renting a room in a shared flat or boarding with the owner**, I can translate these policies into a concrete **"what could change for my weekly budget and housing security"** comparison without telling you which party to vote for.

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## Gemini · asked nationally

Answer ID: 953062d1-19fb-42d1-b3fe-a6f40c75fe1b. Captured 5 October 2026.

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Balancing a part-time job, tertiary studies, and renting on a student loan is a tough juggle, and housing costs are naturally a major stress point. For the 2026 general election, New Zealand political parties present sharply contrasting visions for the rental market, affecting rent costs, property standards, and tenancy security. 

Different parties approach these issues through distinct philosophies:

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### **Overview of Party Approaches**

*   **The Green Party & Te Pāti Māori:** Focus heavily on strengthening tenant rights, market intervention, and expanding public/social housing supply. Their policies are tailored directly toward improving affordability and security for renters, though critics argue that heavy regulation can sometimes disincentivise private landlords.
*   **The Labour Party:** Traditionally aligns more closely with tenant protections and maintaining baseline quality regulations, balancing state housing initiatives with regulated private tenancy laws.
*   **National & ACT:** Focus primarily on increasing overall housing and land supply through planning and zoning reforms, arguing that a greater supply of homes (both for rent and purchase) is the most sustainable way to moderate rent increases. They generally favour landlord-friendly policies (such as supporting interest deductibility) to keep private rental stock available, and generally lean toward fewer regulatory hurdles for property owners.

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### **Impact on Key Areas for Renters**

#### **1. Rent Costs and Affordability**
*   **Left-leaning / Progressive Parties (Greens / Te Pāti Māori / Labour):** Tend to support direct interventions to control housing costs, such as exploring or introducing limits on rent increases, implementing comprehensive capital gains taxes to cool speculative investment, and boosting public and social housing stock to give low-income earners and students alternatives to the private market.
*   **Centre-right / Right-leaning Parties (National / ACT):** Argue that price controls or heavy regulations can shrink the rental pool, driving rents up. Instead, they champion supply-side solutions—such as easing resource consenting, expanding land development, and tax settings that encourage private investors to stay in the market—with the theory that increased competition among landlords will naturally stabilise or lower rents.

#### **2. Healthy Homes Standards**
*   All private rental properties were legally required to comply with the baseline Healthy Homes Standards (heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture ingress, and draught stopping) as of July 2025. 
*   **Progressive Parties:** Generally push for even tighter energy-efficiency metrics (such as mandatory solar installation or maximum safe indoor temperatures) and stricter independent enforcement mechanisms (like a rental warrant of fitness) to ensure landlords maintain compliance without passing excessive upgrade costs directly onto tenants.
*   **Right-leaning Parties:** Generally support maintaining the current legislative baseline now that the 2025 implementation date has passed, but are cautious about adding further compliance costs or red tape for landlords, warning that compliance expenses often get passed down to tenants via higher weekly rents.

#### **3. Tenancy Security and Rules**
*   **Progressive/Left Bloc:** Strongly advocate for greater security of tenure—such as restricting "no-cause" terminations, strengthening tenant advocacy support, and making it harder for landlords to arbitrarily hike rent or end leases. 
*   **Right/Centre-Right Bloc:** Tend to favour a more balanced property-rights model that protects a landlord's flexibility to manage or sell their asset. They argue that overly restrictive tenancy laws can make landlords overly cautious about who they rent to—making it harder for students or part-time workers with fluctuating incomes to secure a lease.

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As a student navigating a tight budget, which of these approaches—relying on market-driven supply to cool rents versus implementing stronger regulatory protections and rent controls—aligns most closely with your day-to-day reality?

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## Google AI Mode · asked nationally

Answer ID: 671450c3-fdc4-4a8e-bae4-0e2f70575d10. Captured 5 October 2026.

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**New Zealand’s political parties offer sharply contrasting approaches for renters, with the Green Party and Labour advocating for stronger market interventions and tenant protections, while National and ACT favor landlord-friendly policies aimed at encouraging private rental supply.**

As a tertiary student balancing a tight budget, part-time work, and a student loan, how these policies approach rent costs, healthy homes, and security of tenure will directly impact your day-to-day living situation.

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Overview of Major Party Policies for Renters

Party| Rent Costs| Healthy Homes| Tenancy Security
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**Green Party**| Proposes a **hard cap on rent increases** (e.g., limiting hikes to 2% per year) and re-introducing/tightening regulations on rent-gouging.| Strengthens standards; extends strict registration and compliance to boarding houses and multi-tenant flats.| Seeks to end no-cause evictions and increase long-term security for tenants.
**Labour Party**| Focuses on boosting public and affordable housing supply; historically open to exploring rent stabilization measures and introducing a capital gains tax to cool investor demand.| Supports the continuation and enforcement of current Healthy Homes Standards.| Supports ongoing enhancements to the Residential Tenancies Act to favor stable tenancies.
**National Party**| Focuses on **increasing private rental supply** by restoring interest deductibility for landlords, arguing this lowers upward pressure on rents over time.| Maintains baseline standards without adding new compliance costs that could be passed to tenants as higher rent.| Emphasizes a "balanced" approach preserving landlord property rights and keeping the market flexible.
**ACT New Zealand**| Opposes rent controls, arguing they restrict supply and worsen affordability; favors reducing regulations to encourage private development.| Generally critical of excessive red tape; favors streamlined compliance rules for property providers.| Prioritizes property owner rights, supporting standard contractual termination terms.

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Detailed Breakdown by Issue

1\. Rent Costs and Affordability

 * * **Left-Leaning Parties (Greens, Labour, Te Pāti Māori):** The [Green Party](https://www.greens.org.nz) explicitly campaigns on capping annual rent increases (such as a 2% limit) and removing tax loopholes like interest deductibility for residential property investors. They argue that direct intervention is necessary to prevent soaring rents from consuming student budgets. Labour similarly targets the root causes of high prices via state housing builds and tax policies designed to level the playing field between first-home buyers and property investors.

 * **Right-Leaning Parties (National, ACT):** [National](https://www.national.org.nz) and [ACT](https://www.act.org.nz) argue that rent caps and heavy taxes on landlords backfire by reducing the overall supply of rental properties, which ultimately drives rents higher. Their strategy relies on incentivizing landlords via restored interest deductibility to keep rental properties on the market, predicting that increased supply will stabilize or lower rent costs naturally. [www.thefinders.co.nz]

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2\. Healthy Homes and Living Standards

 * * **The Rules:** The baseline Healthy Homes Standards mandate specific requirements for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture ingress, and drainage.

 * **Party Approaches:** The Green Party and Labour push for stricter compliance enforcement and intend to expand oversight—including national registers for boarding houses and professional property managers—which directly benefits students renting individual rooms or in high-density flatting situations. National and ACT support the existing standards but resist expanding compliance requirements, arguing that added regulatory costs force landlords to hike weekly rents. [Interest.co.nz]

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3\. Tenancy Security and Rights

 * * **Stability vs. Flexibility:** Parties like the Greens and Labour favor strengthening the [Residential Tenancies Act](https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/) to limit "no-cause" terminations, giving flatmates and student renters greater peace of mind during the academic year. Conversely, ACT and National favor maintaining flexible termination provisions, asserting that landlords need clear pathways to manage properties and that overly restrictive tenancy laws discourage property owners from taking on flatmates or students.

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If you'd like to narrow this down, let me know:

 * * Are you mostly worried about **weekly rent affordability** right now, or **finding a stable place** for next semester?

 * Would you like more information on **student allowance and student loan living cost thresholds** proposed for this year?

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## Google AI Overviews · asked nationally

Answer ID: 226004ba-b75c-44e3-a1c1-d42ba1382ce1. Captured 5 October 2026.

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The **Green Party** is currently offering the most targeted, direct regulatory changes for private renters in the **2026 New Zealand general election**. However, the other major parties take vastly different strategic approaches—either relying on tax adjustments (**Labour**) or market supply and deregulation (**National** and **ACT**) to influence the rental sector.

As a student flatting on a tight budget, here is how the parties' plans directly compare across your three core areas of concern:

Party Policy Comparison for Renters

Feature| Green Party| Labour Party| National / ACT (Current Coalition)
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**Rent Costs**| **2% annual rent increase cap** via a Renters' Rights Bill.| Proposes a **28% capital gains tax** on investment properties to curb speculation; opposes expanding the Accommodation Supplement, calling it a landlord subsidy.| **Opposes rent controls**. Focuses on increasing supply by cutting red tape (e.g., Resource Management Act overhauls). Boosted the Accommodation Supplement for low-income private renters.
**Healthy Homes**| Introduces a mandatory, certified **Rental Warrant of Fitness (WoF)** to replace self-verification.| No major new baseline changes announced; previously introduced the original standards. Offers low-interest loans for **renter solar panels**.| Maintains current **Healthy Homes Standards** but has previously extended compliance timelines to ease investor pressure.
**Tenancy Security**| **Bans no-cause evictions** entirely to give tenants permanent stability.| Previously championed long-term tenancy roll-overs; seeks "fairer renting" framework.| Retains **90-day no-cause terminations** , arguing flexibility incentivizes landlords to take a chance on tenants (like students) without long rental histories.

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How These Plans Affect You

1\. Rent Costs

 * **The Green Party** wants to legally limit how much your landlord can raise your rent each year, capping it at **2%**. This would give you extreme predictability while balancing study and part-time hours.

 * **Labour** aims to bring down long-term housing costs by taxing property profits, though they have explicitly stated they **won't increase payments to private landlords** through further Accommodation Supplement hikes, arguing it inflates rents.

 * **National and ACT** argue that rent controls suppress housing supply. They prefer full **interest deductibility for landlords** , claiming that lowering overhead costs for property owners is what successfully flattened average rental price growth leading into 2026.

2\. Healthy Homes & Quality

 * **The Green Party** notes that the current [Tenancy Services](https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/) system forces _you_ , the student tenant, to lodge a case at the Tenancy Tribunal if your room is freezing or damp. Their **Rental WoF** shifts the burden so a property must be independently certified before it can even be listed.

 * **Labour** focuses on modernizing energy costs, promising funding structures for **solar energy setups** that benefit renters directly.

 * **National and ACT** seek to protect basic standards but push back against further compliance red tape, ensuring landlords aren't hit with massive upgrade bills that could be passed on to you as higher rent.

3\. Tenancy Security

 * **The Green Party** and **Labour** lean heavily toward tenant security. If you are flatting, the Greens' ban on no-cause evictions means you cannot be asked to move out unless you break the rules or the landlord has a narrow, legally defined reason (like selling the house).

 * **National and ACT** prefer the current status quo, which allows landlords to issue a **90-day notice without stating a reason**. Their stance is that strict eviction bans make landlords terrified of "bad tenants," resulting in them rejecting students or low-income applicants entirely during the screening process.

To help me tailor this, are you looking to see how **student allowance/loan weekly limits** intersect with these policies, or do you want to know where the parties stand on **allowable rules for pets** in rentals?

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