39346 (2025). Hon Kieran McAnulty to the Minister of Housing

39346 (2025). Hon Kieran McAnulty to the Minister of Housing: How much of the $550 million allocated in Budget 2024 and Budget 2025 through Vote Housing and Urban Development for outreach, transitional housing, sustaining tenancies, housing first, and rangatahi supported accommodation has been spent, if any, and what has it been spent on, broken down by project or initiative?

Hon Chris Bishop: Budgets 24 and 25 did not allocate $550 million for outreach, transitional housing, sustaining tenancies, housing first, and rangatahi supported accommodation. I have provided a table supplied by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development that shows funding amounts for the core housing support products funded by the Ministry for financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26. Also note MSD provides Housing Support Products under Vote Social Development, rather than Vote Housing and Urban Development. In 2024/2025 financial year, $149,358,000 was spent on Housing Support Products