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  • Kāinga Ora tackles rent debt

    As part of its reset, Kāinga Ora is changing its approach to managing rent debt to speed up repayment and address some historic issues. Chief Executive Matt Crockett outlines the changes that are being made and the reasons for them. Over the past 12 months, our frontline teams have been working with tenants to reduce their rent debt. This has resulted in total rent debt falling from $21.6

  • Our approach to rent debt

    We expect our tenants to pay their rent on time and in full. Our approach to managing rent debt focuses on helping tenants avoid falling too far behind. If a tenant misses a rent payment, we’ll get in touch quickly to

  • Paying your rent

    We want to help you keep on top of your rent and other bills. On this page you’ll find some useful information and advice. MyKāingaOra Did you know you can check your rent balance, last payment amount, view transactions, account history and arrange extra payments for debt using

  • Rent freeze for all tenants

    The Government recently confirmed all residential rent increases would be frozen for 6 months. This is effective from March 26, 2020. Approximately 6000 of our customers would have received a rent increase letter from us in recent weeks that talked about

  • Our role as a landlord

    We care about both the quality of our homes and the wellbeing of the 190,000 people living within them – of which around 40% are children and young people.  Paying your rent Tenancy agreement Our approach to rent debt We expect all Kainga Ora tenants to pay their rent on time and in full. If a tenant misses a rent

  • Renting a home

    Tips for getting started if you would like to apply for social housing, including a Kāinga Ora home. When thinking about renting a home, it’s hard to know where to start. The first step - Ministry of Social Development Your first step is talk to the Ministry

  • Our role as a landlord

    We care about both the quality of our homes and the wellbeing of the 190,000 people living within them – of which around 40% are children and young people.  Paying your rent Tenancy agreement Our approach to rent debt We expect all Kainga Ora tenants to pay their rent on time and in full. If a tenant misses a rent

  • Supported Housing

    Supported Housing brings together publicly funded housing with support services that are essential to the wellbeing of people and whānau living in the home. Ora supports through the provision of the home that we rent or lease either directly to a Funder or to a Provider organisation they have funded. Examples of

  • Budget 2020 - More public housing to be built

    Through Budget 2020 the Government is investing more funding to help deliver 8,000 new public housing and transitional housing places so that more New Zealanders can have a place to call home that is warm, dry and safe. -related rent which limits the amount of rent low-income tenants pay to no more than 25 per cent of their net income. This rental payment is then topped up

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    Use our information sheets, explainers and other online resources to help shape your news stories. Ora can resolve a situation without needing to resort to eviction.  More information Download the 'Disruptive behaviour' information sheet [PDF, 252 KB] Rent debt

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