This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'New INZ Policy Impacts on Housing'.



 
 
1 November 2021 
 
 
 
 
Adam Irish  
[FYI request #17024 email]   
 
OIA 21-233         
 
Dear Adam 
 
Thank you for your email of 5 October 2021 requesting the following information under 
the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act): 
 
I request under the Official Information Act if the Minister has requested or 
received information from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment 
on the impact on housing prices of the government's new immigration settings 
of letting an additional 160,000 people become residents. And if not why not. 
 
The information requested is to be included in a proposed release of information relating to 
decisions on the 2021 resident Visa. Therefore in this instance your request is refused under 
section 18(d) of the Act as the information wil  soon be made publicly available. When the 
release date is confirmed you wil  find the information at the following link: 
•  www.parliament.nz/en/site-search?term=cabinet+papers 
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to review 
any decisions made under this request. Information about how to make a complaint is 
available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz  or freephone 0800 802 602. 
 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
 
Hon Kris Faafoi 
Minister of Immigration