Ngarewa-Packer DebbieDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Tēnā tātou e te Whare. I rise to speak in support of the second reading of the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. When National can unite with Labour on one of the biggest challenges facing Aotearoa despite not having unity amongst themselves it sends a very strong message that the housing crisis is something this Parliament is taking seriously. So I commend the intent of this bill as one of the parts of the solution to housing supply and the bipartisan nature that has come into its being. We have seen analysis that suggests this bill leads up to 100000 homes being built over the next eight years and prevents around $198 billion of wealth transfer to landlords and speculators but we do have to ask what will this actually mean for the grassroots for w'ānau on benefits for those trying to break into the housing market and those trying to become homeowners because increasing housing supply is one thing but who supplies that housing is another matter entirely. Without building more social and State houses the best we can expect from this bill is to slow the increase in rents and lower the costs of homeownership by creating more competition for speculators and landlords. It will also make it easier for people to get into the private rental properties. In other words this is a capitalist solution to a problem that was caused by capitalism and as usual it is the big property developers and landlords who are set to benefit the most from a crisis they created. It will do very little if anything to get more Māori into homeownership. So while Te Paati Māori are supporting this bill we are supporting it as just one part of the solution. We are under no illusions that this falls far short of the holistic approach we need for housing in Aotearoa especially for tangata w'enua. Since 1986 the number of Māori forced to rent has increased by 88.3 percent. Seventy percent of Māori can't afford homes and are living in rentals one-third of Māori live in a house considered damp and/or overcrowded Māori make up 50 percent of the waiting list for social housing 30 percent of Māori pay rent that is over 30 percent of their weekly income and 33 percent of Māori will shift residence every three years. At the same time there were 191646 unoccupied houses on census night 2018 and 38000 of those ghost houses were in Tāmaki-makau-rau. I have said this all before the party has said this all before and we'll keep on saying it until it sticks.For the majority of w'ānau finding an affordable house to rent let alone a house to own is currently completely unattainable. So while we stand in support of this bill as one small part of the package it does not address the income inequality and systemic racism that is locking Māori out of the housing market. What is being done to address the fact that Pākehā have a net worth almost five times higher than Māori while non-Māori have a 13 percent higher median wage; how does this help the 12000 tangata w'enua who are homeless in their own home; and how will it see more Māori owning their homes when homeownership for Māori is at 26 percent compared with 41 percent for non-Māori?The Crown needs to recognise the severe disadvantage that Māori face in the housing market and immediately introduce a Māori housing package that includes targeted financial support schemes to help with deposits such as the old Māori Affairs loans in the past. They also need to address supply through building social housing. We've heard a lot of positive talk about this new partnership between Labour and National and we'd like to remind both parties that this is more of an affair than a monogamous relationship. The Crown already had a partner: it's called tangata w'enua. All w'ānau have a right to a warm leak-free secure home. Every New Zealander knows there is a housing crisis. It is not just Māori who live in cars garages and under hedges. However it is only when non-Māori also suffer in a housing crisis that the Government decides to do something.For Māori this housing crisis and all of the issues surrounding it is the most significant Treaty breach of today. It is time this Government treats it as such. This bill does not do that by any measure but it will help renters with this done. Kia ora koutou katoa.