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Election 2011 - Party Policies - Housing - Purchase Assistance

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Purchase Assistance

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  • Increase the provision of low interest financing for low-income households seeking home ownership.
  • Provide shared equity and supported savings schemes for first home and low income buyers.
  • Support third sector housing schemes that encourage moves towards home ownership, both individual and collective. (more here)

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  • Improve and expand financial support mechanisms, such as low interest mortgages, for low income families to become home owners.
  • Increase government investment in “shared equity” housing schemes with iwi and community housing trusts to enable more low income families to become home owners.  Sustained government investment would make such schemes self-funding over time. (more here)

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