Ngā kāinga Residential housing

Renting

The Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (RTA) governs the relationship between landlords and tenants and sets out their rights and responsibilities. To ensure that the RTA remains fit for purpose, a number of changes have been made to the RTA over the years.

Progressive Home Ownership

As house prices have increased, families that would once have bought a home have been priced out of home ownership. We're supporting individuals and whānau into homeownership.

Changes to First Home Products

Changes to First Home Grants and First Home Loans will help more families into their first home. They will help people overcome the deposit barrier with a grant contributing to their deposits and a provide greater access to a low deposit loan.

Changes to the Government Build Programme

The Government Build Programme supports a number of housing and urban initiatives to provide housing support to all New Zealanders, including homeless, renters or families locked out of the dream of home ownership.

Build to rent

Build-to-rent is a term for medium to large scale residential housing developments that are specifically built to provide long-term rental accommodation to tenants.

Retirement villages

Retirement villages are governed by the Retirement Villages Act 2003. The Act protects residents by providing a regime to control and monitor village operators.

Housing affordability

Housing affordability is a significant issue affecting many New Zealand families, the economy and government.

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KiwiBuild was established in 2018 to address the housing challenges currently facing Aotearoa New Zealand. It works with developers to expedite residential development, and works to provide options for home ownership at more affordable prices.

www.kiwibuild.govt.nz

Unit Titles Act

The Unit Titles Act 2010 is the law governing building developments where multiple owners hold a type of property ownership known as a unit title.