Experts say demand for public housing is set to grow even more once new tenancy laws come into force. There are now nearly 22,500 people on the public housing register which means that, despite the Government ramping up the building of new public housing, demand far outstrips supply. He supported the tenancy reforms overall, as the law needed to change to offer better protection to the growing number of renters. Auckland-based landlord Andrew Bruce agreed the tenancy law reforms would up the ante on tenant selection and that would increase the number of people needing public housing. And public housing will only get bigger and bigger.”In response to the rapidly increasing need for public housing, the Government last week announced plans to deliver an extra 18,000 public and emergency housing units by 2024.

Source: Stuff January 25, 2021 15:56 UTC