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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 .
On 1 October 2019 Kāinga Ora was formed by the merger of Housing New Zealand with its development subsidiary Homes, Land, Community (HLC) and the KiwiBuild Unit from the Ministry of Housing. Kāinga Ora is a large and important Crown entity, with assets of $45 billion and over $2.5 billion of expenditure each year.
As of 1 December 2011, people may receive New Zealand Superannuation if they are: aged 65 or over; a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident; a resident of New Zealand at the time they apply; They must also have lived in New Zealand for at least 10 years since they turned 20 with five of those years being since they turned 50.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has estimated that the total value of housing loans has increased from just under $60 billion in 1999 to over $220 billion in 2016. [ 117 ] In April 2021 the total value of housing loans was estimated to be $307.9 billion, having grown by over $30 billion in the preceding 12 month period.
KiwiBuild logo. KiwiBuild was a real estate development scheme pursued by the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand.It began in 2018, with the aim of building 100,000 homes by 2028 to increase housing affordability in New Zealand.
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 ...
Of this figure, 27% had move into social housing, 21% into transitional housing and 28% into private rentals. Community Housing Aotearoa deputy chief executive Chris Glaudel expressed concern that the remainder (estimated to be 200 families) could be sleeping in cars, garages or overcrowded homes. [14]
A housing affordability index (HAI) is an index that measures housing affordability, usually the degree to which the median person or family in a particular country or region can afford housing/housing-related costs. [1] [2] [3] Housing affordability is one contribution to the cost of living in an area; measured by the cost-of-living index. [3]