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  How many current recipients of Temporary Additional Support are receiving the maximum rate payable for their circumstances, expressed both as a number and as a proportion of all TAS recipients, broken down by (a) main benefit type…

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  What is the distribution of modelled net weekly income changes across the 111,000 families described in the Government's analysis as better off from the housing support changes announced on 21 May 2026, once both the Accommodation…

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  How many of the 111,000 families identified in the Government's analysis announced on 21 May 2026 as benefiting from the increase in maximum Accommodation Supplement rates also currently receive Temporary Additional Support, broken down by…

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Kieran McAnulty

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  How many Kāinga Ora staff members, if any, have resigned since 1 July 2025 and how does that number breakdown by job function?

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  What was Kāinga Ora’s staff headcount on 30 June 2023, 30 June 2024, 30 June 2025 and at 30 April 2026 and how do those numbers breakdown by each Kāinga Ora office location?

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  Further to his reply to Question 17956 (2026), what are the Kāinga Ora business groups involved in the two change processes currently underway and how many people, if any, are expected to be made redundant through each process?

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  Further to his reply to Question 17955 (2026), what were the Kāinga Ora business groups involved in each of the seven change processes undertaken since 1 April 2025 and how many people, if any, were made redundant through each process?

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  How many, if any, of the 46 Wellington region state housing projects that were “proceeding” in Kāinga Ora’s June 2025 Pipeline Review Register have been delayed and for each delayed project, what is the address and what is the revised…

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  How many, if any, of the 46 Wellington region state housing projects that were “proceeding” in Kāinga Ora’s June 2025 Pipeline Review Register have been completed and what is the address and number of houses delivered for each such project?

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  How many, if any, of the 14 Wellington region state housing projects that were “not proceeding” in Kāinga Ora’s June 2025 Pipeline Review Register had a business case with an expected delivery date in FY26 and what was the address of any…

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  How many, if any, of the state housing projects listed in Kāinga Ora’s June 2025 Pipeline Review Register that were expected to be delivered in FY26 are confirmed as delayed beyond 30 June 2026 and for each what is its address, how many…

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  How many newly built social houses delivered so far in 2025/26 were two bedroom units and what percentage of all newly built social houses delivered so far this year does that represent?

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  How many newly built social houses delivered in 2024/25 were one bedroom units and what percentage of all newly built social houses in that year did that represent?

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  How many newly built social houses delivered in 2023/24 were two bedroom units and what percentage of all newly built social houses in that year did that represent?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  How many newly built social houses delivered so far in 2025/26 were one bedroom units and what percentage of all newly built social houses delivered this year does that represent?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  How many newly built social houses delivered in 2024/25 were two bedroom units and what percentage of all newly built social houses in that year did that represent?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  How many newly built social houses delivered in 2023/24 were one bedroom units and what percentage of all newly built social houses in that year did that represent?

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  How much has Kāinga Ora paid in real estate agent fees to each agent or agency engaged for the sale of state houses since 1 January 2018?

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  Which real estate agents or agencies has Kāinga Ora engaged for the sale of state houses since 1 January 2018, broken down by region?

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  How much, if anything, has Kāinga Ora paid in real estate agent fees for state houses sold since 1 January 2018, broken down by year and region?

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  Is he satisfied that there is sufficient emergency housing supply in Canterbury to meet demand; if so, on what basis?

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  How many, if any people are estimated to be sleeping rough in the former residential red zone in Christchurch's eastern suburbs, and what specific action is the Government taking to house them?

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  Has she received any advice on the adequacy of emergency housing supply in Christchurch, particularly the eastern suburbs; if so, what did that advice say?

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  What are the current criteria a prospective supplier must meet to be contracted by the Ministry of Social Development as an emergency housing supplier; when were those criteria last changed, and on whose advice?

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  How many, if any emergency housing suppliers are currently contracted in the Canterbury region, and how does that compare to the number of people in Canterbury whose applications for emergency housing have been granted, declined, or remain…

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  Is there a cap on the number of emergency housing suppliers the Ministry of Social Development will contract with, either nationally or by region; if so, what is that cap, when was it set, and by whom?

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  How many emergency housing suppliers were contracted by the Ministry of Social Development as at 1 May 2026, and how does this compare to the same date in each of 2023, 2024 and 2025; if there has been a decrease, what is the reason?

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  How many applications from prospective emergency housing suppliers has the Ministry of Social Development received in each of the last three financial years, and how many were declined, broken down by reason for decline and by region?

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  What does the Ministry of Social Development mean by being "at capacity for Emergency Housing suppliers", as stated by a Manager Client Services Delivery in the Canterbury Region on 13 May 2026; and is this her personal view or Ministry…

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  Further to his reply to Question 17954 (2026), how did Kāinga Ora employees’ score for their feelings about their work, engagement, motivation and overall experience in the last three periodic Organisational Health Index surveys, if any,…

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  Further to his reply to Question 17954 (2026), what did each of the last three periodic Organisational Health Index surveys, if any, show about Kāinga Ora employees’ engagement and how, if at all, has management sought to improve employee…

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  Further to his reply to Question 17954 (2026), what did each of the last three periodic Organisational Health Index surveys, if any, show about Kāinga Ora employees’ motivation and how, if at all, has management sought to motivate…

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  Further to his reply to Question 17954 (2026), what did each of the last three periodic Organisational Health Index surveys, if any, show about how Kāinga Ora employees’ engagement and how, if at all, has management sought to improve…

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  Further to his reply to Question 18748 (2026), why has Kāinga Ora started over 2,000 fewer tenancies for people from the Housing Register between 1 July 2025 and 31 March 2026 than it housed in the same period in the previous financial…

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  Further to his reply to Question 18748 (2026), how do the 5,054 tenancies started between 1 July 2025 and 31 March 2026 breakdown by the month the tenancies started?

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  How were the 537 Community Housing Provider redirects that were delivered between 1 July 2025 and 31 March 2026 funded and for each budget or programme source, how many houses were funded?

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  Further to his reply to Question 56408 (2025), what were the results, if any, for each of the questions 1 to 8 for each of the Kāinga Ora quarterly Customer Satisfaction surveys undertaken between September 2025 and 30 April 2026?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What was the average weekly rent charged for council-owned pensioner, elder or community housing as at December 2023, and what was the average weekly rent as at May 2026, broken down by territorial authority?

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  How many units of council-owned pensioner, elder or community housing existed in New Zealand as at December 2023, and how many existed as at May 2026, broken down by territorial authority?

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  What progress, if any, has been made on the legislative changes to the requirements for Auckland Plan Change 120 being progressed by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and the Ministry for the Environment?

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  How many Kāinga Ora homes in Auckland, if any, are at risk of not proceeding as a result of Plan Change 120?

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  Which Auckland suburbs, if any, has Kāinga Ora identified as having been downzoned by Plan Change 120 without a natural hazard or wastewater justification?

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  How many households, if any, does the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development estimate will be required to transition from affordable rentals to market rentals each year as a result of the new annual eligibility requirements?

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  What is Kāinga Ora's current estimate, if any, of the reduction in its delivery pipeline arising from Auckland Plan Change 120 notified on 3 November 2025?

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  What changes, if any, have been made to the affordable rental policy settings approved by the Minister of Housing on 4 September 2025?

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  What action, if any, will the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development take if a provider's affordable rental portfolio averages above the 60 percent rent contribution threshold?

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  How will the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development monitor compliance with the requirement that providers do not average above a 60 percent rent contribution across their affordable rental portfolio under the Budget 2025 Flexible Fund?

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  What range of interest rate assumptions, if any, does the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development consider acceptable for applicants to propose over the 25-year contract term under the Budget 2025 Flexible Fund?

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  How will the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development verify the development cost, capital structure, operating cost, and contingency information submitted by applicants under the new cost-based funding model?

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  What investment benchmarks, if any, have been established for assessing applicants' operating costs under the Budget 2025 Flexible Fund?

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  What investment benchmarks, if any, have been established for assessing applicants' development costs under the Budget 2025 Flexible Fund?

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  How will the Minister of Housing apportion between Community Housing Providers and the Crown the benefits, if any, expected to arise from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's revised capital settings for Community Housing Provider lending…

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  By what amount, if any, has the average Community Housing Provider cost of borrowing changed since the package of financing interventions came into effect?

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  What is the total value of loans, if any, guaranteed under the Community Housing Provider loan guarantee scheme since it was established?

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  How many Community Housing Providers, if any, have accessed the loan guarantee scheme since it was established?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  How much, if any, of the $150 million Community Housing Funding Agency lending facility has been drawn down as at the most recent reporting date?

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  How much, if any, of the $150 million Community Housing Funding Agency lending facility has been committed as at the most recent reporting date?

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  How much, if any, of the $70 million upfront operating supplement made available to Community Housing Providers has been drawn down as at the most recent reporting date?

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  How much, if any, of the $70 million upfront operating supplement made available to Community Housing Providers has been committed as at the most recent reporting date?

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  What advice, if any, has the Minister of Housing received from officials on financiers' response to the Income-related Rent Subsidy contract changes since those changes took effect?

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  Which metrics, if any, will the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development use to measure whether the changes to Income-related Rent Subsidy contracts achieve their stated purpose of making the revenue stream more attractive for financiers?

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  What is the estimated fiscal impact to the Crown, if any has been estimated, of the three Income-related Rent Subsidy contract changes over the 25-year contract term?