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# Faces of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/faces-of-the-day-119/
- Published: 2023-07-12T18:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-12T01:46:16.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

A woman with kids has made herself homeless. She vacated a Healthy Homes-compliant home because she cannot be bothered airing the rooms. She has previously complained about another property (upheld). Would any landlord want her as a tenant?

> A New Plymouth mother has decided she would rather [face homelessness](https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/130016445/more-than-100000-people-face-homelessness-in-aotearoa-data-reveals?ref=goodoil.news) than stay in a mouldy rental, despite her landlord’s commitment to fix the problem.  
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> Bronwyn Mccown, who rents a property on Lorna St, had [handed in her 28-day notice to vacate the home](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/explained/128512313/would-a-germanstyle-tenancy-model-work-in-new-zealand?ref=goodoil.news) which was so cold and damp in some of the bedrooms her children were becoming repeatedly sick, including her five-year-old who had asthma.  
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> She had not yet found another property to rent**.**  
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> The three-bedroom property was managed by Ray White New Plymouth on behalf of the owner who lived overseas.  
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> Ray White New Plymouth owner Carey Simonson was aware of the concerns raised by Mccown and insisted the agency took its obligations to tenants seriously.  
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> He said **the property was fully compliant with current [regulatory standards, including those set under the Healthy Homes initiative](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/property/129962871/heres-how-landlords-are-doing-with-healthy-homes-standards-compliance?ref=goodoil.news).**  
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> An independent report into the mould problem at the house found it to be a mild case, primarily caused by uninsulated outer walls, which resulted in cold and condensation.  
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> **Poor ventilation was also found to be a factor.**  
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> Stuff

[Read more here](https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/132513657/taranaki-mums-decision-to-leave-mouldy-rental-over-health-concerns-could-leave-family-homeless?ref=goodoil.news). Discuss it on *The BFD.*

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