Photo / Mark MitchellWellington Mayor Andy Foster will meet with the Housing Minister at the end of this month in an ongoing battle for a critical social housing subsidy for the city's "bleeding" portfolio. A date has been set for a meeting with Housing Minister Megan Woods on August 24. At the moment, the subsidy is available only for new tenants going into Kāinga Ora or Community Housing Provider social housing. As many as three-quarters of City Housing tenants pay more than 35 per cent of their income on rent. "We need to consider all options and that means looking at whether the Te Kāinga programme could include some social housing."

Source: New Zealand Herald August 08, 2021 17:03 UTC