New Zealand Property Investors' Federation

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24-03-2021

Summary of changes announced by the Government on March 23

The key components of the  Housing Acceleration Fund are:

  • an infrastructure fund (to unlock a mix of private sector led and Government led developments);

  • additional funding for the Government’s Land for Housing Programme to accelerate development of vacant or underutilised Crown owned land, operate in more regions, and deliver a broader range of affordable housing options for rental and home ownership;

 

The Housing Acceleration Fund will be complemented by:

  • a Kāinga Ora Land Programme for strategic land purchases to increase the pace, scale and mix of housing developments (including more affordable housing).

  • A refocused $350 million Residential Development Response Fund. This Fund was originally established to cushion the impact of COVID-19 on construction sector activity and jobs, but has not been required. The fund will focus on increasing affordable housing provision (rental and home ownership) on land owned by iwi and Māori groups, councils, community groups and private developers, through the Crown sharing some of the cost and risk.

 

 

  • An increase in First Home Products (First Home Grants and Loans) income and house price caps for both new and existing properties in some locations, to enable more first home buyers to purchase homes. With the tax changes this provides a significant boost for first home buyers.

 

  • A proposal to consult on limiting rent increases to once every 12 months per rental property (Link to page (rather than once every 12 months per tenancy), to help mitigate potential negative impacts on tenants from the tax changes.

 

You can read the press release on the Beehive website.

 

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