36264 (2025). Tamatha Paul to the Associate Minister of Housing

36264 (2025). Tamatha Paul to the Associate Minister of Housing: How many people, if any, are on the social housing waitlist to date, broken down by age, gender and ethnicity?

Hon Tama Potaka: Age and ethnicity breakdowns of applicants on the Social Housing Register are published monthly in the Ministry of Social Development’s Monthly Housing Reporting, available in the following link: www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/statistics/housing/monthly-housing-reporting.html. In relation to the gender of the primary applicant on the Social Housing Register, I refer the Member to the attached table.