44584 (2025). Hon Kieran McAnulty to the Minister of Housing

44584 (2025). Hon Kieran McAnulty to the Minister of Housing: How many Kāinga Ora tenants, if any, have been asked to voluntarily give up their homes so they can be sold since 1 July 2025 and how many of those homes are currently vacant or have been sold?

Hon Chris Bishop: Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that where Kāinga Ora requires a tenant to move out of the property they are currently renting for business reasons, they are placed on the Kāinga Ora Business Initiated Transfer (BIT) Register. A BIT can be triggered for a range of reasons, including to enable a redevelopment project, to divest a home or relocate a household when a lease expires on a privately owned home in the lease portfolio, or address underutilisation. Since 1 July 2025, there are 158 BITS recorded in Kāinga Ora systems for the reason of divestment. As at 31 August 2025, 11 were occupied and 147 were removed from service pending divestment. None of these have yet been sold.