Community Housing Aotearoa director Scott Figenshow says it was good to hear that the government is realistic about the price it plans to put on the 1000-2000 state houses it intends to sell to community housing providers.
However, it was disappointing that all of the proceeds from the sales of those houses were not being ear-marked for social housing, with Prime Minister John Key saying some will be siphoned off to other projects.
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