6. Question No. 6—HousingHon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura) to the Minister of HousingQuestion No. 6—HousingHon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura): To the Minister of housing and urban development—SPEAKER: Just for future reference the name of the Minister has changed.6. Hon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura) to the Minister of Housing: Is she confident that the implementation of the KiwiBuild Buying off the Plans programme has been consistent with Cabinet decisions?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Housing): Yes. I'm advised every Buying off the Plans deal has met the requirements of the business case as assessed by Treasury as per Cabinet requirements. I do note that although the member's concerns expressed to the Auditor-General have not resulted in a specific inquiry the Auditor-General has passed the member's complaint to the appropriate agency Audit New Zealand which has been conducting a regular audit of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development since before the member made her complaint.Hon Judith Collins: How does the Government define what are new homes off the plan"?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Sorry—could the member please repeat the question?Hon Judith Collins: How does the Government define what are "new homes off the plan"?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: This differs from deal to deal but the main point of how it is—the primary objective—is to increase the supply of dwellings at affordable price points for entry-level buyers. One of the main objectives strategically is to free up the market so that more developments can proceed.Hon Judith Collins: How can 10 apartments in Ōtāhuhu be considered to be in a planning stage when they were already built already had a code of compliance certificate and had already been unsuccessfully marketed prior to being signed up for a Buying off the Plans initiative?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Some of the homes were already under construction or built but what this has done is enabled developers to move on more rapidly to building other homes. For instance Shane Brealey of New Zealand Living said the outright purchase of homes at Mason Square and the underwrite at 340 Onehunga allowed him to get building at least six months earlier at 340 Onehunga and start his development in Northcote which he said would have been just a twinkle in his eye without KiwiBuild. I note that in only a few days 102 apartments 72 of which will be KiwiBuild at Northcote will be available. This is the impact that this scheme can have.Hon Judith Collins: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I asked about apartments in Ōtāhuhu not about Onehunga or Northcote.SPEAKER: I'll let the Minister have another crack at it.Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: I think the member must have missed the point in my answer when I said that actually the deal that was done in Ōtāhuhu allowed the Onehunga and the Northcote developments to proceed.Hon Judith Collins: So is she aware that KiwiBuild houses in Canterbury Huapai and Ōtāhuhu now do not qualify as new houses under the Government's HomeStart grant because the code of compliance certificates for these houses were issued by the council more than six months before they were able to be purchased by KiwiBuild buyers?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: In the course of resetting KiwiBuild there will be a number of very practical and pragmatic issues that I'll be looking at—that along with the fact that banks give a three-month pre-approval rating to new homebuyers which makes it very hard for a new homebuyer to buy a new property off the plans. I'm more than happy to look at these kinds of things. We on this side of the House are not afraid to admit that this is difficult. That member should know that her Government made a commitment to deliver 39000 houses over three years under the special housing area. They delivered 3157 100 of which were affordable. We don't pretend this is easy.Hon Judith Collins: I seek leave to table some documents. The first is a KiwiBuild pipeline showing the Ōtāhuhu properties were contracted for KiwiBuild—SPEAKER: The source of the document?Hon Judith Collins: This is from an Official Information Act request that I have received some information back on from the Minister's office.SPEAKER: Right we'll do them one at a time. Is there any objection to that being tabled? There appears to be none.Document by leave laid on the Table of the House.Hon Judith Collins: Thank you Mr Speaker. I seek leave to table a letter from Auckland Council confirming completion of the Ōtāhuhu properties dated 6 September 2018.SPEAKER: Is there any objection to that being tabled? There appears to be none.Document by leave laid on the Table of the House.Hon Judith Collins: I seek leave to table a code of compliance certificate confirming that the Ōtāhuhu properties were consented on 20 September 2017 before the last election.SPEAKER: And the member's going to confirm that that is not available on the web.Hon Judith Collins: Mr Speaker I couldn't tell you if it's available on the web but it's certainly been received from Auckland Council.SPEAKER: Is there any objection to that being tabled? There appears to be none.Document by leave laid on the Table of the House."