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What steps, if any, have been taken to ensure that all Housing First households are on the Housing Register? and 3 other questions

Answered 5573, 5574, 5575, 5576 (2026)
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Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

Questions

  • 5573

    What steps, if any, have been taken to ensure that all Housing First households are on the Housing Register?

  • 5574

    Are all Housing First households currently on the Housing Register and if not, why not?

  • 5575

    Did his officials carry out an investigation into the reasons why some Housing First households were not on the Housing Register and what did they find?

  • 5576

    What proportion of Housing First households did his officials find were not on the Housing Register and how many households does that represent?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

There are a number of reasons why households in the Housing First programme are not on the Housing Register. Some Housing First households will go on to the social housing register while they wait to access social housing. However not all households in the Housing First programme will have completed the assessment process and be represented in the social housing register numbers. Not all Housing First households go (or even want to go) into social housing; some go into private rentals or other supported housing situations. I am advised that MSD officials have been working with Housing First providers delivering on the 300 additional places funded last year to ensure that households in the service are undertaking the assessment process so that they can be placed on the Housing Register. This is also my response to WPQs 5574, 5575 and 5576 (2026).