Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5121474 — Rent arrears
Decided 18 Mar 2025 · Published 18 Mar 2025 · Application 5121474
- Rent arrears
Party names are redacted in the official published order.
Order
- An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the parties’ identifying details.
- [The tenant/s] must pay [The landlord/s] $2,098.43 calculated as shown in the table below:
- The tenant will pay the debt in order 2 at the rate of at least $100.00 per week.
- The first payment will be made on Thursday 20 March 2025 and payments will continue every Thursday until the debt is paid in full.
- If the tenant fails to make any payment within 2 working days of the due date, the balance of the debt owing will be payable immediately and can be enforced through the District Court.
Reasons
- Both parties attended the hearing which took place by teleconference.
- The parties agreed that this tenancy ended on 24 October 2024.
- The fixed term tenancy was to end on 30 November 2024 but the tenant explained that due to difficulties he was facing he sought to end the tenancy early and the landlord accepted this.
- The landlord has applied for rent arrears and has provided rent records which prove the amount owing to 24 October 2024 is $3071.43.
- The parties reached agreement that the tenant will pay the debt at a rate of $100.00 per week. This is a minimum amount and the tenant stated that at times if he is able he wishes to pay more than this.
- Because [The applicant/s] has substantially succeeded with the claim I have reimbursed the filing fee.
- The Tribunal may on the application of any party or on its own initiative make a suppression order, having regard to the interests of the parties and to the public interest. Section 95A (4) Residential Tenancies Act 1986. The applicant has applied for suppression. Having considered the factors in this case including the level of agreement between the parties the Tribunal orders suppression of both party details in any publication of the order.