Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 37, Number 25. 25th September 1974
No seizure of tenants' possessions
No seizure of tenants' possessions
The new Bill makes four major changes in the law relating to landlord and tenant. First it heeds the repeated calls by the Wellington Tenants Protection Association for the abolition of the landlord's right-to seize tenants' possessions for rent. In introducing this clause the Minister of Justice made specific mention of the Rama rent strike, and said that the right of the landlord to levy distress only added fuel to an already inflammatory situation. This statement comes as the first public recognition by a minister of the tenants' right to strike, and although the legislation falls far short of making rent strikes legal, the minister's statement may open the way for further moves towards recognition of this fundamental right.