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Social Housing Reform Programme
Kay Read, Associate Deputy Chief Executive
Ministry of Social Development
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Clients
MSD
The Social
Housing Reform
Programme
(SHRP) is a crossagency initiative
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SHRP* objectives
* SHRP = Social Housing Reform Programme
(MBIE)
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MSD’s role – functional view
• DCE-level responsibility for SHRP
• Housing policy
• Contracting emergency and social housing places
• Administering the government’s housing subsidy – IRRS
• Assessing people’s housing need and eligibility
• Managing the social housing register
• Supporting clients with financial assistance and housing
support products
• Administering client’s income-related rent
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MSD’s role – client view
• We also help people with nowhere to live find
somewhere to live
• We can connect people to the social supports they need
• We support clients with housing options and advice,
including access to social housing
• We can help people stabilise their current living situation
with financial assistance, budgeting advice and referrals
to services
• We help people to be safe, strong and independent
Emergency
housing
Social
housing
Private
rental
Home
ownership
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Transforming social housing
Creating momentum 2014-2016
• MSD assessor of housing need and independent purchaser of
housing places in a multi-provider market from April 2014
• More diverse sector (30 providers incl HNZ)
• MSD’s Purchasing Intentions
• Targeted initiatives Christchurch and Auckland (pilots, additional
contracted places, Auckland supply team)
• Tenancy reviews (of 5,087 started by 31 August; 901 clients
have moved (647 into private rentals and 113 on to home
ownership))
• Resetting expectations
• Relocation from Auckland initiative (83 households approved)
• More support for emergency housing
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Transforming social housing
Strategic direction – an investment approach
To improve long-term client well-being and improve
value for money by:
• making evidence-based investment decisions
• implementing a wider range of social housing interventions
• targeting services and interventions
• taking a more strategic approach to purchasing
• managing and monitoring social housing contracts