Davidson Marama: Taxation (Bright-line Test for Residential Land) Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeDavidson Marama: Taxation (Bright-line Test for Residential Land) Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 12 November 2015. Volume:710;Page:8007. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]MARAMA DAVIDSON (Green): E Te Māngai o Te Whare tēnā koe tēna tātou katoa e Te Whare. Taking action that is interesting. There is a lot more action that needs to be taken when you are coming from my communities my networks and my experiences. But I rise to speak in this third reading of the Taxation (Bright-line Test for Residential Land) Bill on behalf of the Green Party as our spokesperson on social housing. As my co-leader Metiria Turei has mentioned earlier in this debate the Green Party is supporting this bill as it is a small step in the right direction. However this bill also represents a massive missed opportunity for this House to take the real action we actually need—meaningful action—to address the Auckland housing crisis and to support young families who have been completely shut out of the property market.All tamariki in this country and indeed all whānau have the right to live in a warm dry and affordable home. It is the basic necessity of life and it has been something that New Zealand has stood quite proudly on for generations. Yet this seems to be taken for granted and in fact disregarded. I have heard a couple of National backbenchers I think it was yesterday shouting out “What’s wrong with renting? What’s wrong with renting?” when Labour was talking about the high incidence of renters in this country. How many of those MPs rent? How many would give up their homeownership to take their place as one of those renters? They are yelling out “What’s wrong with that?”.Hon Anne Tolley: Well what is wrong with that?MARAMA DAVIDSON: “What is wrong with that?” We need a choice. We need the choice. And that pride in homeownership for Aotearoa that New Zealand is built on has been disregarded by an increasingly out-of-touch third-term Government. Come into my community come into my iwi come into my hapū and come into my networks and talk to us about how much easier this bill will make life for their families.As I mentioned in my maiden statement just last week in my community of Manurewa and indeed across the whole country whānau are living in homes so filled with mould that it is making their kids sick often with what are Third World diseases. Shame! What are we? Shame. This is simply disgraceful in what is a land of great plenty. For these families the dream of owning their own healthy home will remain that—just a dream. Under the current policy settings so many people—too many people—simply have no chance.Listen I have been into the homes of families who have young children and who absolutely have no other choices. They are in mouldy homes that are making their children sick even with numerous notices from health practitioners and from local community health workers who are saying on paper: “These people need to be assisted into healthier warmer homes.” This family has tried so hard to get into the private rental market and to get into a healthier home. They have tried. I looked at this mother’s face. She wanted the best for her seven children. She wanted the best. She wanted to be independent and get into a better situation but she is coming up against road blocks at every turn—road blocks that this Government has chosen not to push out of the way. And she has aspirations that are great for her family and for her children but this bill and these measures do not go far enough. She has been discriminated against—[Bell rung]—and she is not able to get into the private market. How long was that? Sorry—The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): One minute to go.MARAMA DAVIDSON: Thank you—oh goodness.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): It is only a 5-minute speech.MARAMA DAVIDSON: There you go. So actually the Green Party has a whole package of solutions to ensure that all New Zealanders are able to live in a warm dry and affordable home. Among these solutions is our progressive ownership scheme our homeownership scheme that will enable young whānau to purchase equity in their State rental houses. I do not know how aware any of the people in this House are to exactly how difficult it is for lower-income and even single-income families to even dream about any sort of deposit. Even a deposit of $5000 would be virtually impossible for far too many families whom I am connected to. I look into their eyes and know how hard it is. Why is that choice not available for all of us? You know we would of course introduce comprehensive taxes on capital gains—The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Order!MARAMA DAVIDSON: Am I up now?The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): You are.MARAMA DAVIDSON: OK. Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker.