Halbert ShananSHANAN HALBERT (Labour—Northcote): Thank you Mr Speaker. It's my privilege to take a short call on the Unit Titles (Strengthening Body Corporate Governance and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. This member's bill proposes to introduce proportionate utility costs and a code of conduct for body corporate committees enact requirements for a long-term maintenance plan and a yearly audit of those plans for complexes larger than 10 units require sellers to disclose information about a unit to potential buyers and prevent bodies corporate from entering service agreements for longer than 24 months. As the MP for Northcote it's my obligation responsibility and something that I'm very proud of—the number of houses that are being built in my community—and it's something that I take very very seriously. What I know is that there is no simple silver bullet to solving our housing crisis and I acknowledge this evening that this is yet another piece of collaborative work between Labour and National to address the crisis that is in front of people and the many many people—particularly in Tāmaki-makau-rau—that do not have a home that want a home and that also want to own a home. Can I acknowledge the people that have contributed to where this piece of legislation has got to this evening. Nicola Willis I acknowledge you this evening for the work that you've done as well as your colleagues the Hon Judith Collins and the Hon Nikki Kaye for the work that they have done on this piece of legislation historically.What's important in this bill too is that Labour supports the reform of the Unit Titles Act. This member's bill will make some changes that we would like to see. When I think about Tāmaki-makau-rau Auckland it's home to one-third of the population of Aotearoa New Zealand: 1.7 million people. I've had the honour a few times to make a cameo appearance to join my Finance and Expenditure Committee (FEC) colleagues. They only invite me here in Wellington; they came to Auckland and didn't extend the invite for me on that one. When I heard the Auckland Council submission to FEC they acknowledged that over the next 30 years the population base that we experience could increase by another 700000-odd people. Now I see that it my backyard in Northcote and I look across the way to my colleague and National MP for North Shore Simon Watts and it is important that we continue to work collaboratively on ensuring that people are able to have warm dry housing and roofs over their heads and over their families' heads.But what stands out for me in this particular piece of legislation and as we see an increasing supply of housing available on the North Shore is that we ensure that people understand what they're signing up to and that when they are buying their first home—and Northcote may be an example whether it be part of our programme of work or part of private developments that are booming in my community—they have the opportunity to contribute to bodies corporate to unit titles and that they are able to know that they have a safe structure that is wrapped around them and that they can contribute adequately in that governance framework around them.What this bill does: the Unit Titles Act 2010 provides a framework for ownership and management of properties that are divided into unit titles. It stipulates that together the unit owners from a body corporate which owns the shared property and manages the unit title development on behalf of unit owners. The body corporate must elect a chairperson. It may also elect a committee or may hire a body corporate manager to manage the body corporate affairs.It's important that we get good governance in place and that governance and contribution by people that own those particular properties—so that they are able to contribute. As the Hon Judith Collins said she loves a good Zoom. So it's great that people can do that now under this piece of legislation. I commend this bill to the House.