O'Connor GregHousingCHAIRPERSON (Greg O'Connor): The Minister of Housing is now available for 30 minutes to respond to members' questions. I'll just take a moment for the Minister to take the seat.ANGIE WARREN-CLARK (Chairperson of the Social Services and Community Committee): Tēnā koe Mr Chair thank you. It's a pleasure to lead off the debate for the annual review 2021 for housing and urban development as the chair of the Social Services and Community Committee. I'd like to thank the clerks the officials and the select committee members for their professional and comprehensive efforts during the annual review period. I also want to thank the Minister of Housing for appearing before us and making herself available in the sessions that we held.During this annual review session we heard from Kāinga Ora the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development—HUD from now on—and Tāmaki Redevelopment Company Ltd. The Auditor-General gave Kāinga Ora a good" rating on its controls and systems. The committee heard that they had achieved 61 percent of its measurable performance indicators. It met all of its targets for urban regeneration development general housing supply and supporting first-home ownership.The Public Housing Plan 2021-2024 has set a goal of having approximately 81000 public housing places and approximately 6500 transitional housing places. We heard that currently there are around 77500 public houses and 5000 transitional places and we heard that Kāinga Ora delivered 1815 newly built homes in 2021-22.We heard about Project Velocity. This project aims to reduce building times. We heard how Kāinga Ora looked at a multitude of factors that contribute to building a home. They concluded that construction systems should be reviewed as a whole-of-system process. Consequently we heard that they have reduced the pre-construction phase from 18 months to 33 days for projects that include up to 16 homes. This includes the resource consent process. The project has also reduced billable hours from 1100 to 450 hours. Kāinga Ora declared that building times have also reduced from 100 to 67 days. They intend to use this model for projects over the next two to three years with a goal of constructing 4000 homes annually.The Auditor-General rated HUD as "good" in all three areas and we note the work that HUD have done to make good progress on its performance measures and reporting. We heard about a number of HUD programmes one being the place-based approach that is being used in some areas. This approach looks at a variety of factors to help planners make the best decision for the area. HUD advised that for a thriving sustainable housing system they need to start with people and community and work backwards. They advised the committee how they trialled this approach in Hastings. We learnt six months ago 150 families were in emergency housing and now there are 50 families. The place-based approach is now being progressed around the country. We heard other examples as well.MAIHI Ka Ora—housing for Māori—is the National Māori Housing Strategy which the Minister spoke on. She mentioned how the committed and targeted funding will see an improvement in housing outcomes for Māori. The ministry told us how they have prototypes in four regions.We also took the opportunity to talk to the ministry about healthy homes standards. They advised us that from their annual survey 85 percent of landlords are now either fully compliant or had started the process of work to be compliant. HUD also let us know that by working with Te Whatu Ora they identify eligible families and help them to make their homes warmer and safer. They noted that this work is showing benefits such as reduced hospitalisation and less illness.Also we heard from Tamaki Redevelopment Company—TRC. The Auditor-General rated them "very good" in all areas. They spoke to the committee on a number of items particularly about supporting people into work. They operate the Tāmaki Jobs and Skills Hub in partnership with the Auckland Business Chamber. TRC advised us about providing warm dry healthy homes with 85 percent compliance and 25 percent to be completed by the 1 June 2023 deadline.The Social Services and Community Committee therefore recommends that the annual review report for housing 2021 be accepted. Thank you."