2. Housing—Supply and PricesTAMATI COFFEY (Labour—Waiariki) to the Minister of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHousing—Supply and Prices2. TAMATI COFFEY (Labour—Waiariki) to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development: What is the latest estimate of shortfall in housing and how has he responded to it?Hon PHIL TWYFORD (Minister of Housing and Urban Development): We've inherited a crisis. The official figures show a shortfall of 71000 homes with a shortage of 45000 homes in Auckland—far worse than the previous Government let on. Our Government has a comprehensive plan to tackle the housing crisis by building 100000 affordable homes over 10 years stopping the sell-off of State houses and building thousands more and an ambitious programme of large-scale urban development projects.Tamati Coffey: What is his response to the comments of the Reserve Bank Governor regarding KiwiBuild?Hon PHIL TWYFORD: The governor's been very clear that he's made some assumptions about KiwiBuild. Our view is that the numbers of new affordable homes built under the KiwiBuild programme will be additional—over and above what the private market is already delivering—due to massive increases in the construction workforce the Housing Commission delivering large-scale new urban development projects that otherwise would not be happening and our policy commitments to free up the planning rules and deliver a pipeline of infrastructure-ready finance. These are measures that will directly tackle the capacity constraints that the governor spoke of.Tamati Coffey: Was he surprised to receive this advice on the housing shortfall?Hon PHIL TWYFORD: Well we knew there was a crisis in housing for the last few years but I had no idea how bad things really were. The fact that there's about 45000 houses short in Auckland alone is one of the main reasons that house prices doubled in the last 9 years to an average of $1 million per house. It's the reason why we have the worst homelessness and overcrowding in living memory and this Government is upfront: we are going to release data about that. The near-decade of spin and denial on housing is over.Hon Michael Woodhouse: Were the estimates quoted by the Minister of a 71000 housing shortfall and 45000 in Auckland provided to him in the briefing to the incoming Minister provided by his officials?Hon PHIL TWYFORD: Yes.Hon Michael Woodhouse: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. Given that answer I require the Minister to table that document under Standing Order 376.Mr SPEAKER: The member has no ability to require the tabling of a document unless it's been quoted from in the House and the Minister was clearly not quoting from it at that stage.Hon Michael Woodhouse: Speaking to the point of order—Mr SPEAKER: Well I've ruled Mr Woodhouse.Hon Michael Woodhouse: It is a clarification Mr Speaker.Mr SPEAKER: No if the member has a fresh point of order that goes to a different point I'll hear him but if he doesn't I won't.Hon Michael Woodhouse: Well it is a general point of clarification. I just want to clarify—Mr SPEAKER: Mr Woodhouse you've been a member for some time I think you've been a whip for some time and I think the member does know that despite some pretence otherwise there is no such thing as a point of clarification.Hon Michael Woodhouse: Who is correct: the Minister of Housing and Urban Development who says that there is a fixed commitment to build 100000 extra houses or the Prime Minister who says such a target has not yet been set?Hon PHIL TWYFORD: Both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Housing and Urban Development have reiterated our policy which is to build 100000 affordable homes to restore affordable homeownership to this country.Hon Chris Hipkins: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. Earlier on you awarded additional supplementary questions to the Opposition for Government interjection during their questions. Just a point of clarification on your earlier—well actually no a question: does that apply when interjections are made by members of the same party during questions as we had just before?Mr SPEAKER: Yes it does but I think as the Minister is aware I am slightly deaf in my left ear so I didn't hear any interjections.