OIA response to HUD2025-007164 - OCHT staff code of conduct

Ministry opens applications for more social housing in Auckland

27 May 25

Social and transitional housing

22 May 25

Social housing provides families, whānau and individuals an affordable long-term home with security of tenure. Transitional housing provides short-term accommodation and wrap around support for people who are in urgent need of a place to stay.

Five new strategic partnerships announced to deliver social housing

11 April 25

Public housing plan

09 April 25

Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) develops Public Housing Plans to set out the government’s public housing supply intentions. These Plans recognise the continued need for more public housing to be added to support people with a stable and affordable place to live.

Land for housing

31 March 25

The land for housing programme acquires vacant or under-utilised Crown and private land that’s suitable for residential development.

Land for housing is active throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, working in collaboration with iwi and private developers to increase housing supply through the construction of a mix of affordable, public and market-priced homes.

Celebrating a big milestone: Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi Housing Development Project

21 June 24

Public housing project delivers 75 new homes in Wellington

26 October 23

Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities Act 2019

04 October 23

The Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities Act 2019 established Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities (Kāinga Ora) as a Crown agent, setting out its objectives and how it's expected to deliver them.

Updated Public Housing Plan: Including 2024 -2025 delivery released

25 September 23

New development will help address housing shortage in Rotorua

26 January 23

31 Ngongotahā Road purchased through Land for Housing

18 January 23

Rotorua contracted emergency housing consent hearings underway

17 October 22

Consent hearings for contracted Emergency housing motels gets underway in Rotorua on 17 October. Evidence will be heard from different parties over the coming weeks with a decision expected later in the year.

Public Housing Design Guidance for Community Housing Providers and Developers - Update

14 October 22

New indexation base date and updated application for funding public housing for Community Housing Providers

17 August 22

Operating supplement

14 July 22

The operating supplement is one of the ways we provide funding to Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities and community housing providers (CHPs) to build more social housing places.