"In the end, the Government needs to provide social housing," Key said. "If we can't get them in one way, we'll get them in another. There are a variety of other ways that we can fill that through Housing NZ." Housing NZ said last week that it would spend $2 billion...

This year's Budget documents show that the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) expects to contract for only 175 new homes from community providers in the financial year that started on July 1. Community Housing Aotearoa director Scott Figenshow said the shortfall...