Public housing places increase by an extra 8,000

Public housing project delivers 75 new homes in Wellington

26 October 23

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

Public and transitional housing

22 December 22

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

Public housing plan

21 November 22

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.

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

Long-term Insights Briefing

02 August 22

Our Long-term Insights Briefing provides insight into medium and long-term trends, risks and opportunities that will affect housing in Aotearoa New Zealand in the context of our ageing population.

Operating Supplement

14 July 22

The Operating Supplement is one of the ways Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga - Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides funding to Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities and Community Housing Providers (CHPs) to build more public housing places.

Land for Housing

14 July 22

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.

Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities Act 2019

14 July 22

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.

New interactive Government Housing Dashboard published

29 September 21

An interactive Government Housing Dashboard is now available and updated to August 2021, creating a single source of easily accessible information about housing across Aotearoa New Zealand.

Public housing places increase by an extra 8,000

05 August 21

The Government has announced the milestone of delivering an extra 8,000 public housing places. Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development in partnership with Kāinga Ora and Community Housing Providers have played a significant part in this achievement.