Election year:
2023
Political party:
Green Party
Associated politicians:
Policy:
Social Housing
- 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.
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