Reference: 20220131
10 May 2022
Margaret Mechum
[FYI request #19145 email]
Dear Margaret
Thank you for your Official Information Act request, received on 16 April 2022. You
requested:
I request any advice, reports, and analysis the Treasury has drafted or provided
on the subject of rent controls during the period 1 January 2017 to 16 April 2022.
Information publicly available
The following information is also covered by your request and is publicly available on
the Treasury website:
Item
Date
Document Description
Website Address
1. 7 December 2020
T2020/3529 - Treasury Report:
https://www.treasury.govt.nz/site
Outline of measures to moderate
s/default/files/2021-04/tax-
house price growth
housing-4380109.pdf
2. 13 August 2020
T2020/2845 - Treasury Report:
https://www.treasury.govt.nz/site
Current suite of policies available
s/default/files/2022-02/oia-
to respond to a resurgence
20210011.pdf
Accordingly, I have refused your request for the documents listed in the above table
under section 18(d) of the Official Information Act:
•
the information requested is or will soon be publicly available.
Some relevant information has been removed from documents listed in the above table
and should continue to be withheld under the Official Information Act, on the grounds
described in the documents.
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Further information
You may also be interested in the following publicly available information:
Item Date
Document Description
Website Address
3.
24 March 2020
Briefing proactively released by the
https://covid19.govt.nz/assets/
Ministry of Housing and Urban
Proactive-Releases/proactive-
Development Covid-19: Residential
release/Covid-19_-Residential-
Tenancies Act amendments
Tenancies-Act-
amendments.pdf
4.
21 January 2021,
Three documents released by the
https://www.hud.govt.nz/asset
4 11 February 2021,
Ministry of Housing and Urban
s/News-and-
26 February 2021
Development under the Official
Resources/Proactive-
Information Act, including:
Releases/DOIA2021070595-
•
response.pdf
Options for rent indexation and
further protection for tenants
• Speaking points: options for
protecting renters from the
impacts of demand side
measures
• Findings from a literature scan
on rent regulation
5.
7 September 2021
Cabinet paper proactively released by
https://www.hud.govt.nz/asset
the Ministry of Housing and Urban
s/News-and-
Development - Policy decisions for
Resources/Proactive-
amending the Residential Tenancies
Releases/02-REDACTED-
Act 1986 in response to COVID-19
Cab-paper-policy-decisions-
outbreaks (includes advice on not
Residential-Tenancies-Act-
reinstating a rent freeze for the Winter
1986_-Proposed-
2021 lockdown)
Amendments-in-Response-to-
COVID-19.pdf
Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) and enclosed
documents may be published on the Treasury website.
This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the
Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision.
Yours sincerely
Geraldine Treacher
Manager, Housing and Urban Growth
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