Election 2023 - Social Housing Policy
Act
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
Green Party
Spokesperson:
Marama Davidson
Link to
policy here
.
Marama Davidson
- Establish a cap on rents at 25% of income for low income social housing tenants.
- Ensure that Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities has resources to increase its rate of acquisition and building of public houses to meet current and projected need, as well as maintaining and upgrading existing houses.
- Give priority for social housing to people who are living in extremely substandard or overcrowded accommodations and those at high risk of extremely poor outcomes from a lack of sufficient housing.
- Work with local authorities to require financial contributions for large developments to help build affordable housing for low income households.
- Read more here
National
Spokesperson:
Tama Potaka
Link to
policy here
.
Tama Potaka
- Increase the number of Social Housing places, and support Community Housing Providers to grow by providing capital and operational funding and long-term contracts.
- Put families in emergency housing motels and cars at the front of the queue for social housing, by establishing a new Priority One category on the Social Housing Register.
- Clean up Kāinga Ora by introducing consultation requirements for new developments, directing it to evict unruly tenants, ensuring it improves services for tenants, and driving efficiencies to lower the time and cost of building new state houses.
- Read more here
New Zealand First
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
TOP
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
