“Improving the quality of social housing is a big priority for this Government, and this maintenance work is a crucial part of Housing New Zealand’s business-as-usual programme to upgrade its properties,” Social Housing Minister, Paula Bennett says.Read more here.

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The government is pushing ahead with plans to sell up to 2000 thousand state houses, starting in Tauranga and Invercargill. Listen to the Radio New Zealand interview with Bill English here.