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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-364/
- Published: 2021-05-21T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-22T10:39:19.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

A recent *NZ Herald* headline gives the impression that Grant Robertson has ruled out the government enforcing rent control on already long-suffering landlords.

If you look closely at what he actually said, his statement isn’t worth anything at all.

> Finance Minister Grant Robertson has this afternoon moved to end speculation his Government is gearing up to introduce a rent control policy.  
>  
> **Although he poured cold water on the scheme being introduced any time soon, he has left the door open for the policy to be adopted at a later date.**

> \[…\] Robertson has previously refused to rule out such a policy, saying it was “not on our agenda **at the moment**, but we will keep an eye on what happens”.  
>  
> \[..\] “We have no plans to do that.”  
>  
> \[…\] Speaking to media after his speech, Robertson again said the Government was not planning on adopting this policy but caveated it with **“at this time”**.  
>  
> NZ Herald

I know what all those qualifiers mean. They mean that Grant Robertson is biding his time until he can point to something as a reason why they simply MUST implement rent controls.

Do you miss Winston Peters yet?

[Read the full article here.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/government-has-no-plans-to-implement-rent-control-policy-robertson-says/WZ3NRLYL3KDZBQEOQHQSSCRWFQ/?ref=goodoil.news) Comment on it on *The BFD.*