A Housing New Zealand residence in Whangarei is angering neighbours with constant partying.
Concerns about tenants in a new Housing New Zealand home are causing a neighbouring Whangarei family to move out of a house they've owned for 12 years.
The owners of the Kensington house sold their back section to a building company which in turn built the four bedroom HNZ house
this year. They said they were unaware when the sale went through that the section would be used for social housing.
However, they had no concerns about it when they found out and expected a family to live there. But since a female tenant and her child moved in in October, neighbours have witnessed 24-hour parties, loud and abusive behaviour, fighting and young children playing unsupervised on the shared-access driveway.
The owners say they no longer feel safe and do not want their children exposed to some of the behaviour from the neighbouring house. They have asked not to be named, to protect their family and their neighbours' privacy.
"These new neighbours are now negatively impacting on the lives of many families in our neighbourhood. This is totally unacceptable," the home owner said in a letter to Housing NZ's property manager.
