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Letters to the editor: Landlords must be allowed to penalise rule breaking tenants

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4 Dec, 2021 10:00 PM2 mins to read

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Landlords should be allowed to set standards of behaviour for their properties, writes a reader. Photo / Getty Images

Landlords should be allowed to set standards of behaviour for their properties, writes a reader. Photo / Getty Images

I heartily agree with Merepeka Raukawa-Tait's comments (Opinion, December 1) regarding rental property.

The right of landlords, whether that be the state or private property owners, to set standards of acceptable behaviour and treatment of their property by tenants must be sacrosanct.

Appropriate penalties for those who fail to abide by those standards without a valid excuse must also be allowed.

To do otherwise fosters irresponsible behaviour and a lack of respect for other people.

Ian Young
Pāpāmoa Beach

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