More than 20 MPs rent back their own homes at the taxpayer’s expense
More than 20 MPs rent back their own homes at the taxpayer’s expense
The Post
How the fuck is this legal??
More than 20 MPs rent back their own homes at the taxpayer’s expense
The Post
How the fuck is this legal??
Fucking scum. When do we oust these locusts. They provide nothing but take everything.
Now is the time to vote!
How the fuck is this legal??
MPs make the laws?
Oh... yes of course.
Govt should just build a big apartment building near Parliament and they can stay in that while in Wellington. If MPs want to live somewhere else they pay for it themselves
I seem to remember someone getting pinged out for this about 15 years ago and it being quite a scandal.
Now it's what they all do. We're being boiled like the apocryphal frogs.
Just want to point out something that regularly gets overlooked whenever this is brought up.
I think it's a huge conflict of interest when it's MPs' own properties. Essentially taxpayer funds are supporting the accumulation of untaxed capital gains for every MP who does this. Its yet another example of why our housing policy is so borked when those elected to make the rules are so compromised in multiple ways.
I like your idea of KO building purpose accommodation for MPs.
I considered making this argument, but I decided I don't mind if it's the same money going to someone else, it should be an arms length transaction. Not to yourself, not to your husband or friend or friend's mum.
The idea of MP accommodation does sound good. How do you handle families? Backbencher salaries are not that great when you tell them they have to pay for two houses. I'm sure many MPs have partners and kids stay with them in Wellington at times.
Oh I agree 100%, it should just be something that's not allowed so there's no question of impropriety.
MP accommodation should be easy enough, a pool of housing some apartments, some townhouses and some 3-4 bed etc. Ideally built to social housing standards by Kainga Ora, because if its good enough for an average family it should be good enough for an MP.
Oh and potentially Kainga Ora should research the standard operating practises of private landlords and apply that to MPs as well ;)
They don't? They all get an accommodation supplement for when they're staying in Wellington, which some choose to use on an owned home.
Can you point to some evidence that all MPs recieve this? I can only find a reimbursement for costs that has a cap.