Muller Todd: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMuller Todd: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third Readings[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9174. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]TODD MULLER (National—Bay of Plenty): It is a great privilege to stand and support the third readings of legislation arising from the Social Housing Reform (Transaction Mandate) Bill and particularly to follow the abject and ideological nonsense that we have heard from Phil Twyford over the last 10 minutes.There are 62000—62000—income-related rent subsidies. That is 62000 commitments that this Government gives to those who are the most vulnerable and we have made a commitment to lift it to 65000 over the next 2 years. That is a commitment to those who are the most vulnerable. The question that this legislation debates and enables is not: “Who owns the roof?”; it is that the subsidy is there to enable more people to be able to live under a roof and we are moving from 62000 to 65000—Phil Twyford: Yeah you want PPP companies overseas companies making a buck off State house tenants.TODD MULLER: Mr Twyford is again on the wrong side of this. I agree that this will be and is a defining line between this side of the House and your side of the House over there Mr Twyford. What this legislation enables and what this legislation speaks to is an innovative approach around delivering social services.Are you caught in a paradigm that says “Only the State can own a house; only the State can provide it.” when we have community housing providers that are already in existence? In Tauranga where I come from they are successful. They are providing care and they are making a difference today right now in the community of Tauranga for people who need houses. But oh no. For the Labour Party if it is not Housing New Zealand it is not good enough. Well Mr Twyford you go to Tauranga and you talk to those people. You talk to those people and say: “I’m sorry but your innovation your approach to the future we don’t believe in.” Well on this side we do. We back them and this legislation enables it.That is why I am so proud to be able to stand here and support an innovation and an approach that will deliver social housing. It will deliver it in partnership Mr Twyford. Partnership—have you ever heard of that word? Partnership with people who care. Partnership with people who understand the real needs of people and can relate to and wrap around a whole lot of services that are going to make a whole lot of difference. I actually think that this is going to be a defining policy that we will look back on in time and say it has enabled huge change and huge better improved outcomes for the people of New Zealand.I am very very comfortable in supporting this. I have taken this policy to the people of Tauranga. I will continue to do it because I believe in it it is good thinking and it will result in better outcomes for my community. Thank you very much.