DOIA 1819-0233

 

Dear Kate,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 15/08/2018 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

1) All advice (from internal or external sources) given to the current
Minister for Housing regarding enforcement of the Healthy Homes Guarantee
Act 2017.

 

2) All advice (from internal or external sources) given to the current
Minister for Housing regarding the rental Warrant of Fitness concept,
including but not limited to any evaluations of the voluntary scheme in
Wellington, and any analysis of the WOF standard by the University of
Otago Housing and Health Research Programme/He Kainga Oranga.

 

3) Any analysis done by, under contract to, or on behalf of MBIE used to
assess different enforcement models for the Healthy Homes Guarantee Act
2017, including any comparisons of costs or estimated compliance rates of
each.

 

4) I would also like to know:

(a) How many equivalent full-time positions does MBIE currently have in
its Tenancy Services Compliance and Investigations Team?

(b) How many additional equivalent-full-time positions will MBIE hire/has
MBIE hired to enforce the Residential Tenancies (Smoke Alarms and
Insulation) Regulations 2016 when these come into effect in July 2019?
Where will these staff be based?  

(c) How many additional equivalent-full-time positions will MBIE hire/has
MBIE hired to enforce the Healthy Homes Guarantee Act 2017? Where will
these staff be based?

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course. If you have any enquiries regarding
your request feel free to contact us via email [1][MBIE request email] or
using the contact details below.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

Alan Witcombe

MANAGER, MINISTERIAL SERVICES

 

Corporate, Governance and Information

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

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Dear Ms Day –

 

Please find attached a letter regarding your request under the Official
Information Act 1982.

 

Kind regards

 

BRM OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE

 

Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services

Corporate, Governance and Information

Level 4, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

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Dear Ms Day

 

Attached is a response to your Official Information Act request.

 

Regards

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

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