Dear Mr Jones

 

I refer to your request to Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities, dated 9
April 2025, requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):

 

1. How many homes has the Kiwibuild programme built and sold?

2. How many homes have been purchased by the Crown through the Kiwibuild
programme?
3. What is the cost to the Crown for those purchases?
4. What is the outcome of trying to sell the homes that the Crown has had
to purchase?
5. What happens to the homes if they are not sold?
6. It has been reported that the Kiwibuild programme has been shut down -
so who is managing all this activity from the Kiwibuild programme?

 

Regarding question 6 of your request, as per Minister Bishop's
announcement on the Beehive website:

 

“…Cabinet has agreed that residual KiwiBuild underwrite activity will be
transferred to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development,
administration of the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund will transfer to
the new National Infrastructure Funding and Financing Agency and the
Kāinga Ora Land Programme will be wound down…..” 

 

The rest of the Minister's announcment can be read here:
[1]https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/turn...

 

You can also read more about the Residential Development Underwrite, which
succeeds the KiwiBuild programme, on the Ministry of Housing and Urban
Development's website at:
[2]https://www.hud.govt.nz/funding-and-supp....

 

You can expect to be notified of the decision on questions one to five of
your request by 12 May 2025 at the latest, being 20 working days after the
day on which the request was received by Kāinga Ora in accordance with
section 15(1) of the Act.

 

If an extension of time is required to make a decision you will be
notified prior to that date in accordance with section 15A of the Act.

 

We may also contact you if further clarification or refinement of your
request is required to enable a decision to be made.

 

Yours sincerely

Kāinga Ora

 

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