Legal Q & A on Red Zone questions
CanCERN and Community Law Canterbury have worked together to identify and answer many of the major questions facing Red Zone residents. The result is a fact sheet produced by Community Law Canterbury covering a range of issues including:
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- valuation of buildings and land
- cross leases and unit titles
- repairs and the Red Zone
- querying assessments
- obligations to lenders where there are mortgages
- insurance policies and insurance companies
- tenancy issues.
- Some of the information is not good news for those whose properties are undervalued. This may, or may not, be your situation. A careful reading will help you get a clearer idea of where you stand in regard to the 2007 valuation.
- A few questions have not been been answered because the issues involved are financial or political rather than legal (e.g. the availability of affordable land).
- The document contains general information; it does not constitute legal advice.
- The intention is to continue this process and so there will be later documents with additional information.
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