Housing NZ - rights and entitlements as a

I work with HNZC sometimes with housing mods for people with disabilities.

HNZ do have a commitment to upgrading all their homes as per the new building reg's and as part of the Healthy Housing project. They tend to focus on specific areas at a time and go through and do them all up.

You should be able to ask your property manager to upgrade insulation to the new standards if it is not.

You have to supply your own curtains and heating.

Same as a rental in terms of what you can change. You just need to check with your prop manager before making changes but you can plant the gardens and i know client's who have repainted rooms cos they wanted to change the colour.

It will be the current building standards for your region so maybe give the council a call or look on their website. It will have a minimum 'R' rating for the different areas of insulation.

I worked with a client recently and HNZC upgraded the existing insulation as it didn't meet the current regs. They do do it but man it can take a while. RED TAPE!!!