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The Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 is a New Zealand Act of Parliament. The act amends the Resource Management Act 1991 to rapidly boost the supply of housing in areas where the demand for housing is high. This act seeks to address New Zealand's housing shortage and unaffordable housing. [1]
The Healthy Homes Guarantee Act is an Act of Parliament in New Zealand which sets minimum standards for rental housing including heating and insulation. [2] It passed its third reading on 30 November 2017 and received royal assent on 4 December 2017. [1]
State housing is a system of public housing in New Zealand, offering low-cost rental housing to residents on low to moderate incomes. Some 69,000 state houses are managed by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities , [ 1 ] most of which are owned by the Crown .
Housing Acts of 1930, 1933, 1935, 1969, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1996, 2004: Various UK: Housing and Regeneration Act 2008: 2008 Establishes the Homes and Communities Agency, abolishes the Urban Regeneration Agency, the Commission for the New Towns and the the Housing Corporation, regulates social housing, and also covers other aspects of housing law. [5]
On 8 June 2018, Housing Minister Phil Twyford announced the creation of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to coordinate the New Zealand Government's efforts to combat the country's housing shortage and to facilitate the provision of affordable social housing. The new ministry was established on 1 August and commenced operating on 1 ...
This is the lowest rate of home ownership since 1951. This is partly due to the increase in New Zealand house prices which since 1990 have increased faster than any other OECD country. [56] Housing in New Zealand has been classified as 'severely unaffordable' with a score of 6.5 under the median measure housing affordability measure. [57]
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The property bubble in New Zealand is a major national economic and social issue. Since the early 1990s, house prices in New Zealand have risen considerably faster than incomes, [1] putting increasing pressure on public housing providers as fewer households have access to housing on the private market.