Rental housing protesters make their case at the marketSamantha Gee Sophia Curnow, 11, front left and Teresa O'Connor protest with advocacy group Voice Nelson about the state of the rental market outside Nelson MP Nick Smith's caravan at the Saturday Market. Nelsonians fed up with a perceived lack of action over an "untenable" rental market have taken their protest to the Saturday Market. Advocacy group Voice Nelson protested outside Nelson MP Nick Smith's market caravan to express concern that renters were being priced out of their already substandard homes. Samantha Gee Members of Voice Nelson protest about the state of the rental market outside Nelson MP Nick Smith's caravan at the Saturday Market. The protesters opposed Smith's recent changes to the Residential Tenancies Act, which dismissed the possibility of a warrant of fitness for rental housing.

Source: Stuff October 08, 2016 00:11 UTC