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How does the Government define "stable housing" for the purpose of the 674 households it states, in the 17 June 2026 announcement, have been moved into stable housing since September 2025? and 2 other questions

Answered 29099, 29104, 29109 (2026)
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Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

Questions

  • 29099

    How does the Government define "stable housing" for the purpose of the 674 households it states, in the 17 June 2026 announcement, have been moved into stable housing since September 2025?

  • 29104

    Of the 515 households housed through the Housing First programme as a result of the September 2025 actions by the end of March 2026, as reported in the Homelessness Insights report to 31 March 2026, how many were housed in homes newly leased from the private market, as distinct from the 278 reported as housed by better using existing capacity?

  • 29109

    Of the 674 households who had been sleeping rough and were moved into stable housing since September 2025, as stated in the 17 June 2026 announcement, how many were placed into the additional 300 social homes for the Housing First programme announced in September 2025, and how many into existing social homes?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

I am advised that of the 674 households who had been sleeping rough and were moved into stable housing since September 2025 as stated in the 17 June 2026 announcement, 278 had been placed in new supply with the remainder housed through capacity in existing contracts and turnover of existing vacancies.