Paul TamathaTAMATHA PAUL (Green—Wellington Central): Tēnā koe Madam Speaker. So today the Government is introducing dramatic changes to rental laws in Aotearoa and I want to be very clear about what these changes mean for ordinary New Zealanders.So at a time where homelessness lower rents—I'll get back to you on how that actually goes as a renter. At a time where homelessness is increasing and more people are rough sleeping on the streets and in their cars. At a time where public housing projects for thousands of homes are being cancelled and delayed because those people cannot guarantee sustainable funding. At a time where families are trying to raise their families in motels and backpackers where you have 16 people overcrowding in three-bedroom houses. And where children are routinely admitted to hospital because their homes are making them sick because they are that mouldy and that damp that our Government has chosen to prioritise making it easier for landlords to kick tenants out of their own homes not building more houses. Not committing to sustainable funding to allow for more housing to be built. Not making renting more secure or reducing the discrimination that renters face when trying to find a home but making it easier for landlords to kick people out of their homes with no reason at all.Because regardless of whether you have been the best tenant in the world regardless of the value you have added to your home by maintaining it or even improving it and regardless of whether your whānau has settled into the communities that you have built roots in your landlord can kick you out for no reason at all. And this is on top of the billions of dollars of tax cuts that this Government is giving to landlords. It makes me wonder who is being served by this Government. Is it purely landlords?What else do you expect when you elect a leader of a Government who owns seven houses at a time where people can't even make their rent? Minister Bishop would have you believe that good tenants don't get kicked out. And this is a statement by a Minister that is so deeply out of touch with the reality for average New Zealanders because I put out a call asking good tenants to share times that they had been unfairly evicted and received over 500 responses in less than 24 hours. I want to share—Carl Bates: How many of them were from Green Party members?TAMATHA PAUL: Oh you wish you had this level of social media engagement.The stories included this one: I lived alone"— there true story. First one there next one. "I lived alone paid rent on time kept my home tidy cosy and maintained. Worked full-time as a senior analyst in a Government ministry. My landlord threatened me with eviction on multiple occasions for the following reasons: asking her to lodge my bond asking to move in on the date that was set out in my rental tenancy agreement keeping a small compost bin and asking for the full 48-hours' notice of inspection."Here's another story: "My children had 12 homes by the age of 14. Many of them were houses that the landlord was selling or I chose to go into other houses as they were better suited to find out that they would be sold in six months' time."This can't be the country that we're living in where every single housing avenue for ordinary New Zealanders whether that is private rentals or public housing is insecure unaffordable and unattainable.And the consequence of kicking people out for no good reason is this: constantly having to pay moving companies to move houses multiple times in a year. If you can't afford a moving company you have to move the stuff yourself which is impossible impractical and unaffordable for seniors and for people with disabilities. Having to continuously re-enrol your kids in different schools because your new rental is in a different school zone. Moving those kids around schools is extremely unsettling for them and makes it harder for them to make friends and achieve in school. It means people are less confident in enforcing their rights and it means worse health impacts and costs to our already under-resourced public health system.I'll close by saying this: renters deserve better and I have no doubt that they will rise up and kick this Government out in two years' time for these actions."