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# Slum Lord of the Day?
- URL: https://goodoil.news/slum-lord-of-the-day/
- Published: 2024-04-15T18:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-15T00:21:57.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

> The head of a prominent Auckland property investment family disputes claims he’s been renting substandard housing to vulnerable tenants, accusing occupants of instead being “squatters”.  
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> Anuj Gupta manages a property empire largely built up by his father Giriraj Gupta, who was a [Queen’s Service Medal recipient](https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/central-leader/8178717/Honoured-for-youth-work?ref=goodoil.news) and founder of the Indian Weekender newspaper.  
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> Between them and their associated companies, father and son own more than 60 properties, mainly throughout Auckland, as well as motel businesses and [serviced apartments](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120742530/coronavirus-lockdown-apartments-provided-for-homeless-in-auckland-regions?ref=goodoil.news).  
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> According to figures obtained from MSD, they have collected more than $7 million in emergency housing grants since 2020, on top of rent subsidies.  
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> Yet some of their properties have been allowed to degrade. An old home on Remuera Road, in particular, has drawn the criticism of neighbours and tenants alike.  
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> When a *Stuff* reporter visited a dwelling on the property, clumps of hairy black mould the size of a human fist could be seen on the walls.  
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> Stuff

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