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About the dashboard

This new dashboard provides a monthly summary about the delivery of social homes funded from Budget 2024 and Budget 2025. Progress on Māori housing delivery is based on funding allocated since December 2023.

It provides a summary on social housing delivery as at 9 September 2025.  It provides a summary of Māori housing delivery as at 31 July 2025.

It shows a regional breakdown of how many homes are: 

  • approved
  • contracted
  • delivered 
  • expected.

Funding pathways

Budget 2024: social housing

Budget 2024 allocated $140 million for a total of 1500 new social homes, to be delivered over two financial years (2025/26 and 2026/27) to be operated by community housing providers. Around 500 homes are allocated through the maintaining momentum pathway and around 1000 homes are mainly being delivered by strategic partners or through a community-led approach.

Budget 2025: social housing in Auckland

Budget 2025 committed new funds to deliver around 550 to 600 new social homes in Auckland in the 2025/26 financial year. The homes are to be operated by community housing providers (including strategic partners) and be ready for tenanting by November 2026.

Māori housing

Since December 2023, $426 million has been approved (in three tranches) for Māori-led delivery of around 1000 homes. The new homes are a range of papakāinga housing, affordable rentals and owner-occupied housing.

Delivery by funding pathway

Below is a breakdown of homes through each funding pathway.

Budget 2024: social housing

Proposed 392
Approved 1028
Delivered 45

Budget 2025: social housing in Auckland 

Proposed 442
Approved 145
Delivered 5

Māori housing

Proposed 395
Contracted 628
Delivered 68

Breakdown of typology

Below is the breakdown of the typology of approved and delivered social housing funded from Budget 2024 and Budget 2025.

22.4% of these homes are expected to be accessible.

1 bed 48%
2 bed 42%
3 bed 7%
4 bed 3%

Definitions

Expected

Total homes delivered, approved, under evaluation or proposed. Subject to change as proposed and under evaluation projects are reviewed.

Proposed or under evaluation

Number of homes in projects submitted for consideration but not yet approved or contracted.

Approved

Funding for these homes has been approved.

Contracted

Legally committed to through executed agreements.

Delivered

Homes built and available for tenanting.