4. Question No. 4—HousingBROOKE VAN VELDEN (Deputy Leader—ACT) to the Minister of HousingQuestion No. 4—Housing4. BROOKE VAN VELDEN (Deputy Leader—ACT) to the Minister of Housing: How many KiwiBuild houses were built in July 2022 if any and was this more or fewer than the number of KiwiBuild houses built in June 2022?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Housing): Six KiwiBuild homes were completed in June 2022. Early indications from our development partners showed that a further 10 homes were completed in July. As the Government underwrite was a tool designed to sustain housing construction during a cooling market I'm not surprised by these low numbers. I note the build pipeline for homes in Government-backed developments is expected to increase in coming months and we've received significant interest in the scheme from developers.Brooke van Velden: Does she stand by her statement I note that January is always the quietest month in the building sector." and if so how does she reconcile that with the Housing Dashboard stating that zero new KiwiBuild homes were built in both June and July?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: The member is incorrect to say the Housing Dashboard says that zero homes were completed in KiwiBuild in June. The Housing Dashboard is of course updated on the last Wednesday of every month and it was yesterday and what the member will see is that there were six KiwiBuild homes that were delivered in June. Public housing numbers are updated when they're triggered by code compliance certificates being issued. KiwiBuild numbers are updated when developers report completion because there's not an automatic trigger so there sometimes can be a one- or two-month lag in those figures coming through. But as I said early indicators from the development community is July will deliver 10.Shanan Halbert: What interest has been received recently in the Government's underwrite scheme KiwiBuild?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: In the context of the current headwinds being experienced in the housing market we've received significant interest from developers in recent months. I'm advised that in the last month alone the Government has received 40 proposals to the scheme. To put this into perspective there have been 29 proposals put in the previous two years. Given the significant interest from experienced housing developers and our changes to the scheme's settings for Government-backed developers I expect momentum to increase in the next six to 12 months. We've already seen this taking place with KiwiBuild homes under construction as at July 2022 being 1349 which is an over 10 percent increase to the 1223 homes at the end of June.Brooke van Velden: Does she stand by her statement that "KiwiBuild hasn't delivered the numbers we initially set out to do" and does she believe that six homes is an acceptable number of new KiwiBuild homes?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: In answer to the first part of the question yes. And in answer to the second part of the question as I've explained to the member what we are seeing is that KiwiBuild was not a tool that was going to be of significant utility during a heated housing market. If we look back over the last 18 months to two years when you'd expect those developments to be signed up to KiwiBuild developers simply did not need that tool in a hot market. Twenty-nine proposals were received over the last two years combined. As I have outlined in an answer to an earlier question in the last month alone we have received 40 proposals.Brooke van Velden: Is she going to borrow the big zeros from Waka Kotahi's Road to Zero advertisement to advertise KiwiBuild's progress when the Housing Dashboard still shows that there are zero homes built in July?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: The member should listen to the answers that are given in the House—I imagine she just had to amend that answer from the one she had written on her page. As I said early indicators from developers are that there are around 10 homes that are delivered in July."