Warren-Clark AngieANGIE WARREN-CLARK (Chairperson of the Social Services and Community Committee): Tēnā koe Madam Chair thank you. It is my pleasure as the chair of the Social Services and Community Committee to commence the debate on the 2019/20 review for housing. The select committee chose to review the whole of the housing area as a sector. We placed both Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development—HUD—into a sector-wide review reporting back to the House on the sector as a whole. The Minister of Housing the Associate Minister of Housing and the Minister for Social Development and Employment attended together. The ministries also attended together to respond across the sector. Again I would like to thank the Ministers for their availability the Office of the Auditor-General the ministry officials our clerks and the select committee members. Cross-sector reviews are a new way of working so that the select committee can scrutinise with a theme-based approach.Kāinga Ora was established in October 2019 to support the Government's priorities for housing and urban development incorporating the KiwiBuild unit Housing New Zealand and the Housing New Zealand development subsidiary HLC. Kāinga Ora is a public housing landlord that partners community Māori and local and central government on urban development projects. In 2019/20 Kāinga Ora had a total spending revenue of $1.614 billion. Expenses totalled $1.493 billion with repairs maintenance depreciation and personnel costs being the largest expenses. HUD is responsible for the policy strategy funding and monitoring of New Zealand housing and urban development systems. The 2019/20 year was the first full year of operation for HUD. Their aims include addressing homelessness housing supply modernising rental laws and standards and increasing access to affordable housing.Our review assessed the current state of the housing system. We note demand is growing and more people are experiencing immediate housing needs. Thirty-five percent of households do not own their own home. House prices rents and numbers on the housing register have risen. Homeownership has been falling since 1991. The Public Housing Plan noted 74553 public and transitional housing places. We asked for an estimate on the current shortage. A range was provided based on complex and interrelated factors which included affordability location community demographics household needs intergenerational living public and private rent and/or homeownership. Budget 2020 delivered funding for 8000 more homes. We heard the Government expects to deliver 18000 places in communities by 2024. The Minister informed us that place-based work which is communities and regions will give a more accurate picture and for now success will be measured regionally.We learnt that COVID-19 responses were positive with a thousand homeless people being housed and this has informed HUD's Homelessness Action Plan. Staff at Kāinga Ora supported social housing tenants very well through lockdown and we thank them. The Residential Development Response Fund was announced in August 2020. The social housing register demand and supply was reviewed as was contracting motel spaces increasing the provision of transitional housing and paying the emergency housing contribution. We heard about the Public Housing Plan the introduction of the Urban Development Act the National Policy Statement on Urban Development the Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act and the COVID Recovery (Fast-Track Consenting) Act. The select committee compared buy-ins with new build numbers the proportion of private versus public housing in mixed-tenure developments. We examined partnering with community housing providers KiwiBuild the improvement of the public housing stock—including making healthy homes standards—and the sustainability of those homes.Finally we looked at the progressive homeownership scheme and partnering with Māori and Pasifika to ensure solutions are appropriate for those communities. The review was thorough and far-reaching. I look forward to hearing from the members and the Minister further on specific milestones achieved. Thank you.