Sio WilliamSu'a WILLIAM SIO (Labour—Māngere): Earlier the Hon Annette King asked the Minister where the regulatory impact statement for Part 2 was. The Minister responded by saying that we should take his word for it—that nothing untoward would happen—and the image that came to mind was President Richard Nixon when he said: I am not a crook. I am not a crook." We all know what happened to him.Later on the Minister came down to this Chamber and showed some graphs to show how good a job he has been doing trying to tell us that the supply of housing has increased under his ministership. But I have to say he was so animated in that contribution that all I could see was the image of somebody that needs to be in a straitjacket and not have anything to do with housing—The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard): No no. The member will resume his seat. I think the member has gone a little bit far there and he should be more restrained in his comments.Su'a WILLIAM SIO: The Minister asked this Committee to explain why there is a need for a state of emergency on housing. I want to spend a bit of time talking about that because despite those graphs we have today the average price of housing in Auckland at $1 million. Why is that? Because there is a short supply of housing—a short supply of housing—and we have an increasing population. Today as of last year we have the highest population increase since 1974.The Minister I believe is wrong when he brings those graphs down and says that he has been doing a good job. The only reason house prices are on average over $1 million in Auckland is because the Government has not done its job in increasing housing supply. Why is it that since this Government came into power homelessness—people living in cars—has increased by 20 percent? That is why we are calling for a state of emergency. Why is it that today we have 42000 people living in cars living in overcrowded conditions? Part 2—and I have heard Gerry Brownlee say this is about increasing the number of affordable houses. I do not understand how Part 2 which is about removing the rights of people is going to be able—The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard): We are debating Part 3.Su'a WILLIAM SIO: —to increase the supply of affordable housing.Part 3 however is what ought to be happening. This is the part that discusses the exact number of houses that should be a target. Part 3 is about having a plan to increase supply. Nothing in Part 1 or Part 2 suggests that the supply of housing will increase so this is what needs to happen. The Minister says that his Government is doing all it can but the reality is that unless it addresses the supply of housing unless it cracks down on foreign speculators unless it changes what the real purpose of Housing New Zealand ought to be none of that will happen.The purpose of Housing New Zealand from the outset was about helping people in need. Those members have changed that and today it is because of that that we are seeing an increasing number of people in homeless situations. The only way that this Government can address that if it is sincere about it is increasing the number of houses—not only in the private sector but also in the social sector. But how can those members do that when it is their policy to sell off State houses? How can they increase that supply for those in need if they are selling State housing into the private sector? Those are the conflicting aims of what they are proposing as opposed to what we are introducing here in Part 3.Unless houses are built unless houses are affordable the rest of New Zealand will not be able to buy into the market. At the moment with the average price of houses in Auckland it is only the top 10 percent of income earners who can afford houses at those prices. But the top 10 percent of income earners will not be buying houses for themselves. They already have houses so if they are in the market it is because they are in the speculative market. The only way that somebody on an average income of $60000 can afford a house is if housing is made more affordable and we can do that only by increasing supply."