Residents of a small Selwyn community say they will keep fighting to save their homes after being told they must vacate them by 2039.
The district council last month voted to confirm the eviction of the entire Upper Selwyn Huts settlement on the shores of Lake Ellesmere because of the impact of climate change.
The major problem with lease hold, is that picking up a house and moving it to a new lease is extremely difficult and expensive or just impossible. Unless your house is a transportable by design.
So when the lease holder decides to increase the cost of the lease (usually by a lot), you are effectively trapped.
Contrast that with leasing a building for a business, if the lease holder decides to increase you lease, you can just move your business…it may be difficult and expensive but it is never impossible.