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10 results for "Housing"
National's Housing Policy
National proposes to increase housing supply through RMA reform, fast-track consenting, and enabling more medium-density housing in urban areas. The party supports infrastructure bonds to fund develop…
In simple terms
Make it easier and cheaper to build more houses by cutting red tape and reforming planning rules. Fund new infrastructure to open up more land for development.
Labour's Housing Policy
Labour focuses on increasing public and affordable housing through Kāinga Ora, maintaining the first home buyer programmes, and continuing the income-related rent subsidy. Labour also supports maintai…
In simple terms
Build more state and affordable homes through the government housing agency, help first-home buyers, and protect renters' rights.
Green Party's Housing Policy
The Green Party proposes a large-scale public housing build programme, implementing a capital gains tax on investment properties, strengthening rental regulations, and a warrant of fitness for rental …
In simple terms
Build lots of public housing, tax property investment profits, and ensure all rental homes meet minimum quality standards. Create permanently affordable homes through community ownership.
ACT's Housing Policy
ACT proposes to dramatically liberalise planning rules to allow building anywhere, remove density restrictions, abolish the RMA, and use infrastructure levies to fund growth. ACT also supports removin…
In simple terms
Remove planning rules that stop building, let the market build wherever it wants, and make councils fund their own infrastructure without central government subsidies.
NZ First's Housing Policy
NZ First advocates for prioritising New Zealanders in social housing allocation, reducing immigration to ease housing pressure, supporting regional housing development, and investigating foreign prope…
In simple terms
Make sure New Zealanders get first access to social housing, reduce immigration to ease demand, and look at stopping foreigners from buying New Zealand homes.
Te Pāti Māori's Housing Policy
Te Pāti Māori calls for urgent investment in papakāinga (Māori land) housing, addressing the disproportionate representation of Māori in housing need, Treaty-based housing solutions, and community-led…
In simple terms
Invest urgently in housing on Māori land, fix the over-representation of Māori in homelessness, and let Māori communities lead their own housing solutions.
Labour's Cost of Living Policy
Labour introduced a Cost of Living Payment of $350 for low and middle income earners, extended free and half-price public transport, and maintained the fuel excise duty reduction. They also increased …
In simple terms
Give direct cash payments to low income earners, keep public transport cheap, and increase benefits and Working for Families payments to help families cope.
NZ First's Immigration Policy
NZ First advocates for significantly reduced immigration levels to ease pressure on housing, infrastructure, and wages. They support prioritising New Zealand citizens for jobs, stricter visa enforceme…
In simple terms
Cut immigration significantly to ease pressure on housing and wages, put New Zealanders first for jobs, and direct more migrants to regions rather than Auckland.
Labour's Māori Affairs Policy
Labour established the Māori Health Authority, implemented co-governance in Three Waters, developed the He Puapua framework for Treaty implementation, increased Māori language funding, and worked to a…
In simple terms
Create Māori-led health and water governance, fund the Māori language, and reduce the major gaps between Māori and non-Māori in health, housing, and education.
Labour's Social Welfare Policy
Labour made the most significant benefit increases in decades, removed the youth payment and young parent payment abatements, abolished the winter energy payment means test, increased the accommodatio…
In simple terms
Significantly increase benefit rates, make the winter energy payment available to more people, increase housing support for those on low incomes, and better support disabled people.