Empty Housing New Zealand dwellings in Epuni East

Tim Makarios made this Official Information request to Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities

The request was partially successful.

From: Tim Makarios

Dear Housing New Zealand Corporation,

Thank you for the information you provided in response to my request titled "Empty Housing New Zealand dwellings" dated February 27, 2019.

I was disappointed that you refused to supply the addresses of empty Housing New Zealand dwellings on privacy grounds. This seems particularly strange given that Housing New Zealand appears to have provided to national media very specific information about the locations of future state houses in Epuni East: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...

Because of your refusal to fully answer that question, I have a follow-up request. For each of the seven Housing New Zealand dwellings in Epuni East that were empty on 27 February 2019, please provide the following information:
1) Which of these categories the dwelling was categorized as on 27 February 2019: "ready to let", "under repair", "pending decision", "pending redevelopment", "renewal & maintenance", or "SLED", as in this document: https://hnzc.co.nz/assets/Publications/R...
2) Whether the dwelling has had any tenants since Housing New Zealand acquired or built the dwelling.
3) If the dwelling has not had any tenants since Housing New Zealand acquired or built it, please provide the date on which Housing New Zealand acquired or finished building the dwelling.
4) If the dwelling has had one or more tenants since Housing New Zealand acquired or built it, please provide the date on which the dwelling last had a tenant before 27 February 2019.
5) If the dwelling was categorized as "SLED" on 27 February 2019 (or if it is for any other reason possible to release this information, such as a subsequent categorization as "SLED"), please provide the address of the dwelling; otherwise identify the dwelling by a unique letter, such as "A", "B", "C", etc. when providing the other information about it.

Sincerely,

Tim Makarios

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Dear Mr Makarios

 

Thank you for your follow-up request of 22 March 2019, via the fyi
website, for the following information under the Official Information Act
1982 (OIA):

 

‘For each of the seven Housing New Zealand dwellings in Epuni East that
were empty on 27 February 2019, please provide the following information:

1)  Which of these categories the dwelling was categorized as on 27
February 2019: "ready to let", "under repair", "pending decision",
"pending redevelopment", "renewal & maintenance", or "SLED", as in this
document:
[1]https://hnzc.co.nz/assets/Publications/R...

2)  Whether the dwelling has had any tenants since Housing New Zealand
acquired or built the dwelling.

3)  If the dwelling has not had any tenants since Housing New Zealand
acquired or built it, please provide the date on which Housing New Zealand
acquired or finished building the dwelling.

4)  If the dwelling has had one or more tenants since Housing New Zealand
acquired or built it, please provide the date on which the dwelling last
had a tenant before 27 February 2019.

5)  If the dwelling was categorized as "SLED" on 27 February 2019 (or if
it is for any other reason possible to release this information, such as a
subsequent categorization as "SLED"), please provide the address of the
dwelling; otherwise identify the dwelling by a unique letter, such as "A",
"B", "C", etc. when providing the other information about it..’

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 23 April 2019, being 20 working days after the day
your request was received by Housing New Zealand in accordance with
section 15(1) of the OIA.

 

If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of
an extension of that timeframe.

 

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

 

Regards

 

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Dear Mr Makarios

 

Please find attached response from Alex Travis, Acting Manager, Government
Relations, Housing New Zealand, to your OIA request of 22 March 2019.

 

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