4 Sep 2019

KiwiBuild reset: Housing Minister drops 100k homes target

From Checkpoint, 5:40 pm on 4 September 2019

KiwiBuild's last remaining and overarching target has been axed - with the government admitting the pressure of trying to meet the goal drove it to make bad decisions.

The flagship policy had promised to build 100,000 homes over a decade.

That's now dead in the water; instead the government will report monthly on its progress.

The Housing Minister Megan Woods has unveiled a suite of changes designed to get the policy back on track.

Here's RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch.