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"They did not reject the programme. let me see if I can get this completely straight. If you want to separate and your partner does not, you need to file an application with the Family Court. Interviewing husbands and wives together, ideally before teatime, was also recommended. This was a belated recognition that state housing and social policy were inextricably linked. Spooked investors, developers hitting pause on housing projects over Government changes, 'Massive problem': National unveils plan to fund infrastructure, get houses built, Copyright 2022 Discovery NZ Limited (Warner Bros. Second, an income bar of 520 a year was introduced for new applicants to enable state housing to be redirected towards the poor. You only need a separation order if one of you does not want to separate, though you can choose to apply for one together if you both agree. As long as tenants abided by the terms of their lease they would be permitted to stay in their home for life. This Government is committed to not only keeping these houses within state ownership, but increasing the number of state houses. However, in some circumstances selling a property would be considered, she said. Meanwhile we have 25,000 on the state house waiting list, up from just over 5,000 when Labour came to power in 2017. As cities grew and land became scarcer, lanes and alleys were driven through the backs of properties and lined with flimsy, poky cottages for workers. ( like the power companies experiment) And to add to it all they used the proceeds to make them look like they were good economic managers to boost there budget coffers. Kinga Ora might also refuse to sell a home if it was part of a multi-unit development. Key said there was a lot of potential for other providers of social housing and the Government wanted that number to grow with the aim of more people getting into social housing over the next three years. On moving day, before an expectant crowd of onlookers, the McGregors waited patiently outside their new home for their furniture to arrive. They were not going to take Olivias eviction lying down. The NSW Government sold the Sirius building at The Rocks, near Sydney Harbour, for $150 million earlier this year. Nicola Willis, who took the housing portfolio in a recent reshuffle, told RNZ the net reduction in state houses under the last National government showed that governments needed to continue increasing the number of state houses. It isnt known how the McGregors came to be picked as Labours first state-house family, but if a family were required to front for the cameras, the McGregors fitted the bill handsomely. The experience of both the 1890s and the 1990s was that New Zealands private sector was either unable or unwilling to deliver decent and affordable housing to the poor, necessitating state intervention. The Workers Dwellings Acts had pointed in one direction: the construction of state rental houses. This time the couple were receptive. Labour had blamed the housing crisis on market failure and initiated its state-housing scheme to provide decent housing for all. The Government is not ruling out selling off thousands of state houses to private developers. However, this time the (Labour-led) government refused to sell any of them.). Shallow as the sweat on Hamish Walkers forehead! and Politicans add full to the fire by pumping up dreams for the homeless/unhomed. She said solving the housing crisis would require more than building state houses, as homes built by the Government were only a small proportion of overall housing. It had wanted to bridge the gap between the uncertainty of tenure in the private rental market and the (perceived) certainty of homeownership by offering a European form of tenure unknown in the New Zealand market: a rental home for life. A State House story. This is true of the previous National Government, although National's 2020 policy was to continue building state homes. The media should keep harping on because National cant claim to be good economic managers when the money came from selling at least 2 thousand state houses making people homeless. Anyone will be a more substantial citizen because of it. The fleas were everywhere, biting the children. Soon state houses were sprouting across New Zealands suburban landscapefrom Orakei to Oamaru and grateful tenants were turning them into homes. The total amount of funding wouldnt be cut, it would just be spread further. Guidance for the primary sector; FINAL CALL ON RESERVES TO BE MADE. City builders claimed regulations inhibited growth. Ironically, Olivias idea of entitlement and a secure, longterm tenancy was much closer to the 1930s Labour governments vision of state housing than was the view outlined by the Herald. The Evening Post worried about the new fashion among newlyweds of looking to the state, rather than themselves, for a home: The making of a home develops the qualities of responsibility, self-reliance, and thrift. Today it acknowledged many state houses were not up to standard and had not been properly maintained. National had hoped to sell many more houses. Prime Minister John Key makes his state of the nation address. This meant tenants would be no better off than if they stayed in the city. Twelve households had sought smaller,cheaper houses but been told there was none available. * She's not a doll, so don't call the prime minister Cindy * Government sells $30m worth of state houses after Labour promised to stop sales. 2018 Minister announces formation of a new Ministry Ministry of Housing Urban Development (MHUD), made up of portions of MBIE, Treasury and MSD. It also defended the sale of houses in (now) affluent areas, such as Orakei, explaining that selling a valuable property provided enough money to purchase two or more cheaper houses elsewhere. Total state housing stock. State housing has made a huge contribution to our national life. Since October 2017, Kinga Ora spent a total of $568.3m buying new property. The Government's housing policy announcements today include some significant tax changes. National MP Nicola Willis said it was a symptom of wider problems in the housing sector. The current Government had boosted the construction of state houses. Sale of state houses (1st of 2) Next This graph shows that sales of state houses tend to increase when National-led governments are in power and fall away during periods when Labour administrations govern. In 2015 Andrew Little tried to call the then-govt out for selling our homes to foreign buyers, especially to so very many from China. OPINION: Key opts for state of state houses over state of the nation. By 1957 about 30 per cent of the state-housing stock (13,300 houses) had been sold. Eligible applicants were balloted. Initially, Labour had no vision for housing beyond extending SAC credit to homebuyers. The conservative press picked up on this sentiment with headlines such as What it costs you to provide the other fellows house. It was too little, too late. Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett is denying claims she met with a representative of a Chinese property billionaire said to be eyeing up New Zealands state housing stock. It was a great success. Willis said Nationals policy of repealing and replacing the RMA would allow more housing to be built. Far from being intended to provide a temporary refuge and a stepping stone to an own home, the state-housing scheme Labour established was meant to provide a lifetime alternative to homeownership and a housing choice for all New Zealanders. The solution theyve decided on is an early mea-culpa with a few half-arsed excuses so that when the issue gets raised later on they can claim, Yes but weve already dealt with this issue. Lee was adamant only the state could solve the crisis: private enterprise was not up to the task. It had also written to Australian-based Horizon Housing, which has also expressed interest. In 2005 we supported the production of a book to mark the centenary of state housing in New Zealand, We Call It Home - A History of State Housing in New Zealand, by Ben Schrader. But this target was never reached. But the intervention of war had prevented the model from being adopted to an extent that would have undermined the cultural mindset that saw homeownership as best. The country's lack of affordable housing could only be fixed by building more houses, Little said. If an eligible buyer put up a 5 per cent deposit, the Crown would lend 85 per cent of the house price and throw in a 10 per cent suspensory loan. The creeping privatisation of the workers dwellings was completed when William Masseys conservative Reform government sold the remaining state-housing stock. New Zealand needs more state housing, not less. During question time in the House, Labour leader Andrew Little asked the Prime Minister whether his policy was backfiring - but not without making a reference to the cricket. There are always consequences to policies and they cant have it all there way and this point needs to be raised. But until now, Labour hadnt been speaking about the continuation of a policy to let state house tenants buy their own homes the policy National proposed at the election. For residential investment property acquired on or after 27 March 2021, a 10 year (rather than the current five year) bright-line test and amending the main home exemption so that it better reflects the split between personal and rental use. Olivias friend Joanne Rama stressed the importance of local community when announcing to waiting media that Olivia had agreed to move house after receiving a better offer of a Housing New Zealand home nearby. 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Selling your house. The Salvation Army's decision not to buy some of the Government's housing stock does not sink its plan to sell unwanted state houses, Finance Minister Bill English says. The Labour-led Government today cancelled the sell-off of state houses, fulfilling another of its first 100 day promises, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford has announced. Importantly, any funds from these sales are recycled back into new housing. We also do not see selling off state houses as a way to increase the supply of affordable homes, as National does, she said. Giving these people more money didnt necessarily solve their housing problems, but giving them less (as the benefit cuts showed) often made them worse. Like the Liberals, Labour wanted to avoid future slums and raise the standard of New Zealand housing. By 1935 the Coalition government (of the United and Reform Parties) finally realised it could no longer sit on its hands and do nothing. The papers sentiments struck a chord with an electorate growing resentful that war-time economic restrictions still dominated their lives. And a modernisation programme by Housing NZ will mean more dry, warm and healthy state houses. Rubbish and effluent festered in city streets and, despite a rising death toll from diseases such as typhoid, little was done to remedy the situation. Which pushes up prices of land and building. The removal men began unpacking. Present opinionregarding the effectiveness of the 1990s housing reforms is unflattering. Funds from the sale of surplus stock would be used to build new houses in areas of growing demand, principally Auckland. (First published in May. Our Customer Support Centre provides on-the-spot responses for all enquiries 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday and 24/7 for urgent calls. And Some of the land was worth a lot of money. The then-Housing minister Phil Heatley said it would let state housing tenants get on the property ladder. This set the general pattern for the next half-century, with Labour-led governments restricting sales and National-led governments encouraging them. On October 5, National leader Judith Collins unveiled a plan to let state housing tenants buy their own properties. (Why were the Nats so reluctant to release the info under their tenure, I wonder.) Amelia Langford, Political Reporter - amelia.langford@radionz.co.nz. Most of the 45 people dont have satisfactory or realistic alternatives to their present state house, butthey cant afford that either., By 1995 further consequences of the reforms were becoming evident. National also believed that homeownership was ethically superior to renting. In late 2012, it established a new agency, Government Property NSW, to identify and manage the state's lucrative real estate . The Salvation Armys housing co-ordinator for south Auckland, Ross Richards, witnessed the detrimental effects of long-term overcrowding: There is no doubt when you get a crowded house you have more chance of anger and violence and you certainly have more chance of abuse. (Video first published in July 2020). The Liberals initial solution to the slum problem was to export urban workers to the country, where they would become backblockfarmers or small-town merchants. If Olivia was expecting the media to argue her case, she was to be disappointed. 2014 - Responsibility for managing applications, assessing eligibility for social housing and administering income-related rents is transferred from Housing New Zealand Corporation to the Ministry of Social Development, to help ensure all social housing providers are on an equal footing. Critics retorted acidly that it was an equalisation of poverty. Copyright 2021 TheDailyBlog.co.nz. Related News Thats a serious weak-link in their upcoming election campaign. The SACs view was that selling state houses enhanced social stability. Whereas under Labour state houses were advocated as an alternative form of tenure for all New Zealanders, under National state housing became a residual provision for those locked out of homeownership. With other families in greater need of the house than her, she, her 14-month-old son Santana and her 13-year-old cousin Jordon would have to pack their belongings andmove. Willis said National acknowledged government building was part of the solution to the housing crisis, but it had to be supplemented further by reform of the Resource Management Act (RMA) and rental regulations, which were discouraging investment. Of these, 8,000 were funded in last year's Budget - split between 6,000 new public housing places and 2,000 new transitional homes. In the 1970s pepperpotting fell out of favour as politicians recognised that the total assimilation of Maori into Pakeha society was neither desirable nor practical. Im pleased these families will be able to enjoy Christmas without the uncertainty this sale would create. These qualities are of the utmost importance in successful family life and national strength. And while Housing Minister Megan Woods continues to trumpet a bonanza. The countrys first state housein suburban Miramar, Wellingtonhad provided the model when its original tenant had bought it, the paper went on. It was hardly inspiring stuff and Labour was soundly defeated. 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Former National Party housing spokeswoman Nicola Willis recently accepted there was net loss of state houses during Nationals nine years in government. Nonetheless, it remained committed . The pep talks brought results: more than 3600 houses were sold in the year to March 1952. The best results would be obtained, the con-ference was told, by officials who knew the name of the tenant and the length of time they had been in occupation of the particular house. This Government has made it a priority to increase the supply of warm, dry, healthy housing. The Minister also announced the formation of a new agency Housing Urban Development Authority (HUDA), bringing Kiwibuild together with Housing New Zealand to provide support to MHUD. The Liberals were determined that their workers dwellings would not be slums in the making. Despite the promise of greater choice for state-house tenants, this was her only option. A spokeswoman for Housing Minister Megan Woods said the Government made it clear that stopping the sell-off of state housing did not mean some individual houses that were not fit for purpose would not be sold. The termswere generous: a 40-year loan at four per cent interestwith only a five per cent deposit. Figures from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development show National actually built 2670 homes in its nine years - only 9 percent of what Dean claimed - and sold 2728. The total number of properties managed by Kinga Ora was 65,769 as at December 31. After her husband had left her in the early 1970s, she had struggled to raise five young children in a four-bedroom state house on a domestic-purposes benefit. For National, homeownership had both economic and social rewards. Advice and support for farmers, growers, whenua Mori owners, and rural communities. Indeed, the paper concluded, the picture that emerges is of an ungrateful state-house tenant evading her legal and moral responsibilities. We also should be able to see who brought these houses/flats and how much they paid for them and what the money was spent on. Some Maori had considered returning to ancestral marae in non-urban parts of the country, while some Pacific Islanders had thought about returning to their homelands. By the end of the war the state-house waiting list had swollen to 30,000 and showed no signs of diminishing. Housing was a key issue of the 2017 New. Cooking was done over open fires, and sanitary conditions were primitive. It has not been stopped completely as there are circumstances where selling a home to an existing, established tenant makes sense for the tenant and Kinga Ora, Woods said. Such was the exodus from Cannons Creek that the roll at the local primary school plummeted. The Labour Party promised big on housing but has it delivered? David had found work on the trams, and after a period living with Marys sister, the family had rented a dank and gloomy flat in the ironically namedHappy Valley. Will it work? The 5,000th state house was built in 1939. But they were not being sold as private homes or rentals so they might not achieve book value. Selling state houses will probably always be a contentious issue. The treaty today - What went wrong and what are we doing about it? With victory eventually in sight, building resumed in 1944. It also attacked state paternalism. Learn about the house buying process. Being told in 2016 they were applying their own policy on meth contamination falsely, and then admitting that they were applying their own meth testing policy falsely AND YET needlessly spending $120m on decontamination, throwing a 1000 beneficiaries onto the street at the height of a homelessness crisis and pimping this to the click bait media so they could continue privatising State Housing, according to Nicola Willis, that might have been wrong? By the end of the 1920s the state was financing nearly half of all New Zealand houses. It's that much harder if your landlord - the Government - puts you in a cold, old house. "If my daughter doesn't come, the children locate to my house [sic].". Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei asked Mr English if he was ruling out selling Housing New Zealand-owned homes to private developers. Wed, 06 May 2015. In 2011-2012, the Government sold state-owned assets worth $5 million. Then built $600,000 homes!!!! ", Finance Minister Bill English speaking in Parliament (file photo) When Kinga Ora sells a house the money received is reinvested in the redevelopment of existing property or to buy new property. Describing the Western Springs camp, in Auckland, one writer noted the accommodation is not first class, but infinitely better [than that] from which the tenants have come[they also] have the satisfaction of knowing that they will be allotted a State house within a brief period. The Government has sold at least 146 state homes, worth more than $30 million, since late 2017, according to figures released under the Official Information Act from state housing agency. Key told the lunchtime meeting arranged by Rotary at Auckland's Stamford Hotel, that the country was in good shape and getting better, and the Government was working towards a surplus and repaying debt. He was denounced as being racist for raising that line of question. He spruced them up a bit and let them out for $150 a week eachan annual return of 18 per cent. Families in Auckland and Christchurch are suffering because of a lack of suitable housing, the Salvation Army says - and not enough is being done about it. This will stop the transfer of up to 2,500 state houses in Christchurch. The first government to build state houses was the Liberal administration of Richard Seddon. To encourage more community social housing it would sell the 1000-2000 Housing NZ homes using "an open and competitive process" that would be used for social housing. Yet we know little about their stories and experiences. More strongly than previous governments, National believed too many beneficiaries had entered a spiral of welfare dependency that stifled initiative and growth. The government wasted little time in building its first houses at Petone, chosen because of its perceived health attributes: clean air, large fertile sections and pre-industrial outlooks. The National Government sold state houses in the 1990s but kept a reduced state house building programme. On housing, he outlined measures to boost home building in Auckland including changes to the Resource Management Act. For the current year (2020-21) 8 have been sold. Aside from the tinkering with rents and the building and selling of more or fewer dwellings, there were few major state-housing policy developments in the 1970s and 1980s. The scheme stopped when the Government decided private companies could build the houses at less expense. This reflects different philosophies towards state-housing provision between the parties. ture going- on* When,; the; Budget came down members -would , see what had been done in the direction of. Homeowners too, by building up an equity in their properties, are saving in one of the safest and most effective ways, while they have the incentive to maintain and improve their properties, and so increase the material assets of the community. In October2006, 19-year-old Olivia Maana from Panmure, Auckland, opened a letter from Housing New Zealand Corporation and gasped. This compromised the strong New Zealand ethic of fairness. The historic . State houses are different from KiwiBuild in that the homes are not sold to prospective home-buyers. Demand forstate houses has nearly always outstripped supply, and applicants have invariably had to meet eligibility criteria. Views on the matter tend to follow political lines, with those to the left arguing that sales should be restricted to maintain a decent pool of affordable rental housing for the poor, and those to the right believing that tenants who can afford to own their own home should be encouraged to do so. But the main reason for leaving the rotten core alone was the recognition that few inner-city poor would be able to afford state-house rentals and most would have to remain living where they were.