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  Does he stand by his statement at the Social Services and Community Committee on 17 June 2026 that the data in the Homelessness Insights report is "variable" and "not tier one data", and which specific data sources in that report does he…

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  As part of the Government's review of social housing allocation, is it considering maximum limits on how long a tenant may remain in a social house, or new obligations on social housing tenants, and if so what is being considered?

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  On whose advice was the accessible-homes target removed from Kāinga Ora's Statement of Performance Expectations, what proportion of Kāinga Ora's housing stock is currently accessible, and what is the current wait time for applicants…

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  What is the basis for his estimate that approximately 29 percent of social housing tenants could afford a lower-quartile market rent, does that estimate count the income of all members of a household or only the named tenant, and will he…

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  How many social housing households does he estimate will pay higher rent as a result of the change to income-related rent subsidies, and what is the estimated average weekly increase?

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  Does he stand by his statement at the Social Services and Community Committee on 17 June 2026 that there is "no particular science" to the setting of the income-related rent contribution rate that determines what social housing tenants pay?

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  What modelling, if any, did the Government undertake to set the social housing income-related rent contribution at 30 percent of a tenant's income, up from 25 percent, and will he release that modelling?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 15 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 15 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 15 June 2026, by title and date?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 15 June 2026, by title and date?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What specific data quality issues (that mean Housing First figures are "subject to revision due to data quality issues") have been identified, and by what date does the Ministry expect rough-sleeping reporting to be reliable?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What is the total expenditure to date on the 300 additional social housing places for unhoused Housing First households, and what is the forecast ongoing annual cost, given the previously stated range of $10.8 million to $11.8 million?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  How many additional Immediate Access to Transitional Housing places have providers requested, and how many of those requests have been funded?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  How many clients engaged with Housing First services were reported to be rough sleeping, broken down by region, and how does this compare to the 423 reported across four regions in September 2025, as at 16 June 2026?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  If funding for local provider-driven solutions is not continued beyond 30 June 2026, how many households currently supported by those services do officials estimate will lose that support?

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  In each of the last six months, how many households entered and how many exited transitional housing?

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  What is the current occupancy rate and median time to fill a vacancy across the transitional housing portfolio, and how do these compare to the same month in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What specific steps are officials taking to lease any remaining unallocated social housing places in regions that are below their allocation?

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  Does he consider a 23 percent exit rate of long-term housing or family from Immediate Access Transitional Housing to represent value for money; if so, why?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  Of the support activities recorded by Homelessness Outreach providers and Housing Assistance Centres in the most recent reporting month, what number and percentage resulted in a household being connected to a form of housing assistance?

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  How many, if any, households that exited Immediate Access Transitional Housing are known to have returned to rough sleeping or to have had their whereabouts unknown at the point of exit?

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  How many, if any rough-sleeping households are currently in temporary accommodation (such as transitional or emergency housing) awaiting a social or permanent place, as at 16 June 2026?

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  For households that exited Immediate Access Transitional Housing to a destination other than long-term housing or living with family, what were those destinations, broken down by category, and how many in each?

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  Of all households that have exited Immediate Access Transitional Housing since the initiative began, what number and percentage exited to (a) long-term housing, (b) living with family, and (c) all other destinations?

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  For each region, what is the allocation of the 300 additional social housing places and how many of those places have actually been leased, as at the most recent date?

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  How many households have been permanently housed since 5 September 2025 through either the additional 300 places or providers' existing contract capacity, as at 16 June 2026?

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  How many of the 300 additional social housing places for unhoused Housing First households have been leased, and how many households housed, as at the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by region?

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  What specific purposes are Kāinga Ora's 1,050 Microsoft Copilot licences being used for, and is Copilot used in any way to inform decisions about tenancy management, rent arrears, tenancy reviews, or the suspension or termination of social…

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 8 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 8 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

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Camilla Belich

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  In how many cases, if any, was a director or member of a board or committee excluded from or absent for more than one-third of agenda items during their tenure at any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for…

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  What total fees or other remuneration, if any, were paid to each director or member of a board or committee subject to a conflict of interest management plan at any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which…

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  What total fees or other remuneration, if any, were paid to each director or member of a board or committee subject to a conflict of interest management plan at any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which…

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  Did he ever accuse the then Chief Executive of Kāinga Ora of personally developing Kāinga Ora’s asset management plan with the aim of embarrassing the National Party prior to 14 May 2024 and if so, was this ever done at a meeting with…

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  Did Kāinga Ora’s former Chief Executive discuss his concerns about accusations made about him by Hon Nicola Willis and Hon Chris Bishop with Kāinga Ora Chair, Simon Moutter, and if so, what action, if any, did the Chair take?

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  Did the Kāinga Ora Chair, Simon Moutter, or any Kāinga Ora senior staff members engage with the Public Service Commission before the Chair wrote to the Kāinga Ora Chief Executive on 19 June 2024 to “ascertain [his] interest in continuing…

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  How many agenda items, if any, was each director or member of any board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible excluded from or absent for…

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  How many people, if any, appointed or reappointed by the Minister since 27 November 2023 to any board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible…

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Further to reply 19839 (2026), does the Ministry of Social Development set, or operate to, any maximum or target number of Emergency Housing suppliers in the Canterbury region or nationally; if so, what is that figure and on whose advice…

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  Further to reply 19839 (2026), what does the Ministry mean when it states it is "at capacity for Emergency Housing suppliers," and how is that capacity determined?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Further to reply 19834 (2026), what is the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development's best current estimate of the number of people sleeping rough in or near the former residential red zone in Christchurch's eastern suburbs, and when was…

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  Further to reply 19839 (2026), given the Minister's advice that the Ministry "does not contract Emergency Housing Suppliers," on what basis can a prospective supplier be "declined," and what is the process and decision-maker for such a…

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  Further to reply 19836 (2026), when were the criteria for opting in as an Emergency Housing supplier last amended, and on whose advice were those amendments made?

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  Further to reply 19836 (2026), what specific criteria must an accommodation provider meet to opt in as an Emergency Housing supplier under the Ministry of Social Development's Emergency Housing Supplier Standards, if any, and where are…

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Further to reply 19839 (2026), on how many occasions in 2026 has the Ministry of Social Development declined a prospective Emergency Housing supplier's request to register or opt in, in Canterbury, and what was the stated ground in each…

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Further to reply 19839 (2026), is the Minister aware that on 13 May 2026 a Manager Client Services Delivery in the Canterbury Region advised external stakeholders in writing that a New Brighton accommodation provider's approach to become…

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  Further to reply 19836 (2026), does the Ministry of Social Development apply any criteria, beyond the published Supplier Standards, when deciding whether to register a prospective Emergency Housing supplier; if so, what are they?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Further to replies 19832 (2026) and 19839 (2026), can the Minister confirm the correct number of Emergency Housing suppliers who have opted in to the Supplier Standards in Canterbury, and account for the difference between the figures of…

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 1 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?