Rebecca Moynihan (Labour)
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Perfect. That seems an extraordinarily high figure to me. I wonder if there is any particular reason behind that. Is it down to greater investigation by the RTB or are there particular reasons that are being flagged up in those increases? As legislators, since 2020 we have had numerous changes to rental laws come before us. It would be interesting from our perspective as legislators to know whether there is anything we are doing that is causing that massive increase.

I also want to ask about withholding deposits. One of the things that comes up anecdotally is landlords withholding deposits, making excuses for why they cannot give deposits back or taking things into account. Is that something that has come up for the RTB and if so, how is it dealt with? Does the RTB have figures on that?

I want to come back to the right to get your tenancy back. Can the witnesses give those figures again? Did the RTB just do a random sample on the right to get a tenancy back? It was stated that 75% had moved on, and there were 25% that did not go through. I want to clarify that. Were there additional reasons there?