Dear Tom Dickie,

 

On 14 March 2020 you emailed the Ministry requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982, the following information: The amount of NZ dollars
provided to Registered Community Housing Providers (CHPs) and the
resultant number of people occupied in new housing accommodation
constructed in the calendar year of 2019, as a direct consequence of the
monies provided to CHPs within the calendar year of 2019, that otherwise
would not have resulted in the housing accommodation having been
constructed and people housed.

 

We have transferred your request to Ministry of Housing and Urban
Development.

 

Please find attached the Ministry’s transfer letter to your Official
Information Act request

 

Nâ mâtou noa, nâ

 

Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and
Executive Services

Ministry of Social Development

 

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Ref: DOIA19/20030400

 

Dear Tom

 

Thank you for your email of 14 March 2020 to the Ministry of Social
Development requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):

 

Please advise, in financial terms, the amount of NZ dollars provided to
Registered Community Housing Providers (CHPs) and the resultant number of
people occupied in new housing accommodation constructed in the calendar
year of 2019, as a direct consequence of the monies provided to CHPs
within the calendar year of 2019, that otherwise would not have resulted
in the housing accommodation having been been constructed and people
housed.

 

On 17 March 2020 your request was transferred to the Ministry of Housing
and Urban Development (the Ministry) for response, as the information
requested is more closely connected with our functions.

 

I understand you have received responses to several of the requests you
made in March 2020 already. However, with the Ministry’s shift to focus on
the development of emergency policy and legislation in response to
COVID-19, some groups within the Ministry are being called on for
extraordinary tasks, which are competing with their ability to provide
input within usual timeframes. While we continue to work on responding to
all requests made under the Act, I ask that you bear with us in terms of
the time it may take to provide you with a response in this case. If your
requirement for this information changes during this time, please do not
hesitate to inform us. This will enable us to reassign our resources to
other requests.

 

The Act requires that I specify the period of an extension and the reasons
for the extension. As such, at this stage, I wish to advise that the
Ministry needs to extend the time available to respond to you by 12
working days to 6 May 2020, as the consultations necessary to make a
decision on the request are such that a proper response to the request
cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit, as provided for
under section 15A(1)(b) of the Act.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review of this decision by
the Ombudsman, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The relevant
details can be found on the Ombudsman’s website
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Marie Ottley-Clark

Manager, Ministerial Services

 

System Performance and Office of the Chief Executive 

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

 

[2]www.hud.govt.nz                              

 

 

 

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Ref: DOIA19/20030400

 

Dear Tom

 

Thank you for your email of 14 March 2020 to the Ministry of Social
Development requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):

 

Please advise, in financial terms, the amount of NZ dollars provided to
Registered Community Housing Providers (CHPs) and the resultant number of
people occupied in new housing accommodation constructed in the calendar
year of 2019, as a direct consequence of the monies provided to CHPs
within the calendar year of 2019, that otherwise would not have resulted
in the housing accommodation having been been constructed and people
housed.

 

On 17 March 2020 your request was transferred to the Ministry of Housing
and Urban Development (the Ministry) for response, as the information
requested is more closely connected with our functions. On 16 April 2020
you were advised by the Ministry that the due date for response had been
extended to 6 May 2020. I am writing to you to confirm that the Ministry
will be providing you with the information requested, however, the
response is currently in the process of being signed off. The response
will be provided to you as soon as possible, but expect this to be no
later than 20 May 2020.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review of this decision by
the Ombudsman, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The relevant
details can be found on the Ombudsman’s website
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Marie Ottley-Clark

Manager, Ministerial Services

 

System Performance and Office of the Chief Executive 

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

 

[2]www.hud.govt.nz                              

 

 

 

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Dear Mr Dickie

 

Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request
of 14 March 2020.

 

Kind regards   

Ministerial Services   

 

Office of the Chief
Executive                                                        

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development    

[1][email address] | PO Box 82, Wellington 6140
| [2]www.hud.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

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