2021-01-21 14:34 By: Xinhua
WELLINGTON, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand government on Thursday released its Public Housing Plan 2021-2024 which outlines the intention of where 8,000 additional public and transitional housing places announced in Budget 2020 will go.
The extra 8,000 homes, which includes 6,000 public housing places and 2,000 transitional housing places, reinforces the government's investment in public housing, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a statement.
"The plan confirms we are on track to deliver over 18,000 extra places by 2024," Ardern said.
"This is not only delivering more warm, dry public housing for those most vulnerable to housing shortages, but also boosts economic activity, jobs in the building sector, employment and apprenticeship opportunities for young people," she said.
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Government colleges Te Tai Tonga MP Rino Tirikatene, left, Nelson MP Rachel Boyack, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor during the first Labour caucus meeting of the year in Nelson on Thursday, the same day the Government revealed where it plans to build 8000 new homes.
The Government's announcement of where it plans to build 8000 new public and transitional homes it promised in the last Budget isn't the whole story for the Nelson region, says Nelson MP Rachel Boyack. As Labour MPs gathered in Nelson on Thursday for the first caucus meeting of the year, the Government released its Public Housing Plan 2021-24, outlining where the planned new homes would be built.
The Government has released its Public Housing Plan 2021-2024 which outlines the intention of where 8,000 additional public and transitional housing...