Henare PeeniPEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau): I rise in support of the amendment the proposed new Part 7 tabled by our good colleague Metiria Turei. Many of our colleagues here have already spoken about much of the good that can come from this. We have waxed lyrical in this House about how over decades the quality of the housing stock has really declined.It will be a sad day in this House if we leave it for another how many decades to fix it up to make sure that the houses that our people live in and are provided by the State are up to scratch up to standard are healthy are warm and are safe for our families. That is an important step. Although we need to build new homes although we need to reinvest that money to make houses more affordable we must make sure that the stock that is there does not decline any further. We must invest in them so that in decades to come they are of a standard that we would like to live in that they are of a standard where we want our kids to grow in.We want to raise our families in warm homes safe homes dry homes and I think this particular amendment the proposed new Part 7 is a fantastic way to do that. Where else should that money go? We know that this is a crisis. We know that Governments have ignored this. This Government has had 8 years and ignored it. It is important that any profit that is derived from Housing New Zealand actually goes back into firstly the stock of Housing New Zealand to make houses more affordable to grow the stock and I would like to think secondly to maintain that stock and also to bring whatever is left of our current stock—whatever is left after the sell-off; let me put that out there—up to standard to make sure that it is safe warm and dry for all of our whānau.I had hoped that this was a step in the right direction whereby if there just happens to be a bit of money left—which I doubt there will be but if there is—we need to support our social housing providers out in the community to provide them with support. We have heard through the homelessness inquiry that many of these social housing providers in particular in Tāmaki-makau-rau where I was fortunate to be for the day to listen to the submissions—it blew me away: no support. We read in the papers that millions of dollars are being given to support them. Well that might be the case for the beds that are there but what the inquiry did prove was that the need is greater than the supply that is there already. So just in case there is any money left I think this particular tabled amendment proposed new Part 7 is a step in the right direction to signal that when there is surplus we should be supporting those social housing providers who do a fantastic job not just in the cities but also in the regions.We heard some fantastic ideas. What did they lack? Financial support. We see some people digging into their own pockets to make sure that they are able to provide the services so dearly needed by the people in our communities—digging into their own pockets. They are displacing some of their own whānau to make sure that these people in need have a place to stay have a bed to sleep in and tamariki have a roof over their head.I would like to think that this particular tabled amendment proposed new Part 7 will at least encourage this House this Government to start looking forward to futureproofing housing for the country and stock supply affordability and of course the quality of housing that we expect that the people of Aotearoa New Zealand expect should they ever need it. Should they ever need it because let us face it not everybody is going to be able to climb up that ladder to own homes. So we need to be able to provide many families the opportunity to have a safe dry warm home to raise their families in in the hope that one day they may be able to own a home. I do not believe it is about providing it for them forever but this does need to be a platform to allow them their own tino rangatiratanga their own independence so that they are able to enter into a market that at this moment in time is shutting the door on far too many. I support the proposed new Part 7 amendment tabled by our colleague Metiria Turei. Kia ora.