The use of $2.6 million in taxpayer money to help fund a Maori community housing scheme has been slammed by Bob Clarkson.
People keen to make the most of the Western Bay's stellar outdoors are facing hot competition for coastal and rural rental properties, a local property manager says.
Nearly 8000 warring landlords and tenants have battled it out at the Tenancy Tribunal in the Western Bay in the past five years.
A house covered in dog excrement, holes in walls, and piles of furniture and rubbish are just some of the things Tauranga tenants have left landlords to deal with.
Tauranga has notched up its best house sales month for nearly four years with 152 properties changing hands in March.
Figures obtained by the Bay of Plenty Times show council consents last month totalled $5.7 million - $5 million more than for March 2012.
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