6. Question No. 6—Housing and Urban DevelopmentHon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura) to the Minister of Housing and Urban DevelopmentQuestion No. 6—Housing and Urban Development6. Hon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura) to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development: On what basis have KiwiBuild homes underwritten in Marshland in Christchurch met one of the four additionality thresholds applied to determine if a KiwiBuild underwrite should proceed?Hon PHIL TWYFORD (Minister of Housing and Urban Development): I'm advised the deal with KiwiBuild enabled Mike Greer to speed up the overall Marshland development and lower the proposed price for each of the homes.Hon Judith Collins: How does the KiwiBuild house at 5 Te Rito Street meet the test for getting a development under way as the house had construction under way seven months before the underwrite agreement was signed?Hon PHIL TWYFORD: The thing that the member needs to understand in this case is that it's not about whether an individual property in that development had begun construction before the deal was announced. The point of this arrangement with Mike Greer residential is that eight homes were included in the development. One of them had been under way before the contract was signed but the point is that this is a collective deal across eight different locations around New Zealand and 104 affordable homes for first-home buyers is the result of this deal.Hon Judith Collins: How does the KiwiBuild house at 5 Te Rito Street meet the additionality test for bringing forward a development since the house had a code of compliance completeness check before the Minister even signed its agreement to underwrite?Hon PHIL TWYFORD: As I explained to the member in my previous answer it's not about whether that particular criteria for additionality is met in the case of one house. The fact is that eight houses at Marshland and 104 affordable homes around New Zealand are being delivered by Mike Greer as a result of this deal—104 affordable homes that wouldn't have happened under the previous Government.Hon Judith Collins: How does the house at 5 Te Rito Street meet the test for redesign and affordability as the house had previously been marketed for four months with the same design and the non-KiwiBuild house next door at 7 Te Rito Street is currently being marketed for a cheaper price without a KiwiBuild underwrite?Hon PHIL TWYFORD: I think it's really important for the House to know that the house next door at 7 Te Rito Street is not being sold by the developer in this case. I note from the marketing material that number 7 is being marketed priced to sell"—and I quote the advertisement—and I'm advised that the owner's circumstances mean that they need to sell that house urgently. That's presumably why it's on sale for $10000 less than the house next door.Hon Judith Collins: What are the implications for the Minister if he has underwritten houses with the Crown guarantee that do not meet any of the additionality tests?Hon PHIL TWYFORD: Well that would be a breach of our additionality test but I don't expect that we're going to fail the additionality test. Hon Judith Collins: I seek leave of the House to table the concrete pour inspection document provided by the Christchurch City Council.SPEAKER: Is that a publicly available document?Hon Judith Collins: I think—yes if you organise it. You've got to apply and then all that sort of thing. So I could; not easily available.SPEAKER: OK we'll try that one—yes.Hon Judith Collins: Thank you. Also a code compliance summary from the Christchurch City Council showing the date of the vetting officer's pre-selection.SPEAKER: And is that available online?Hon Judith Collins: Oh not easily—not easily.Hon Member: Not for you!SPEAKER: Not much easier!Hon Judith Collins: Then Mr Speaker another document which is definitely not easily obtainable and that is the advertisement in Chinese for the particular house at 5 Te Rito Street which seems to be dated back in about July which is definitely not easily available. SPEAKER: I'm going to put the first two documents. Is there any objection to those being tabled? There is none. I'm not putting the third.Hon Gerry Brownlee: Too embarrassed.SPEAKER: Mr Brownlee will stand withdraw and apologise.Hon Gerry Brownlee: I withdraw and apologise.Documents by leave laid on the Table of the House."