Faiga faavae galuega faufale

Growing our housing portfolio

Kāinga Ora builds additional state houses based on the Government’s Public Housing Plan, which tells us how many houses are needed and where they are needed.

Over the two years to 30 June 2026, we will be adding 2,650 homes to our state housing stock, bringing the total number of state houses throughout Aotearoa to around 78,000.

We will do this through:

• removing old Kāinga Ora houses and redeveloping on the land;
• working with construction firms to build houses;
• buying completed homes from private developers.

A focus on renewal

We also have a focus on renewing our existing homes, to make sure we have homes in the right locations and our homes are suitable for the people that need them.

We renew our homes through:

• renovating them through our retrofit programme, adding at least 50 years to their life;
• removing homes and redeveloping on the same land;
• selling the houses and the land and replacing it with a new warm, dry home elsewhere.

Over the two years to 30 June 2026, almost 3,000 Kāinga Ora homes will be renewed, delivering warmer, drier and healthier homes for people in need, in the right locations.

Selling our homes

Our focus on renewals means Kāinga Ora will strategically sell some state homes or land it owns. Generally, this will be because selling makes the best economic sense, or we need to prioritise social housing in another area.

It’s important to note when we sell, we are not reducing our overall number of state homes. For each Kāinga Ora home we sell, we deliver a newly built state home elsewhere.

When we sell, the funds are reinvested to renew even more of our homes.

This approach means we are releasing more homes into the market for all New Zealanders, while continuing to provide social housing in the right locations.

Fuafuaina o fausaga ma fuafuaga

O galuega faufale o faia e Kāinga Ora e aofia ai faiga taualoa i le fuafuaina o fausaga ma faiga e pulea ai ina ia mautinoa o matou tau atiae fale e lelei ma ausia manaoga o tagata.

O galuega uma o fuafuaina le fau ai o fale o le a iloilo ai ma atinae tetele, e pei o auala ma nofoaga faitele mo tafaoga, e pei o malae mo tafaoga, ina ia tino mai tuaoi faalotoifale e aogā, e tosina i ai tagata ma e faatupu ai faanaunautaiga o tagata i totonu o lotoifale taitasi.  

Ua matou saunia taiala o le fuafuaina o fausaga e fau ai fale a le malo ma e faaaoga ai faatulagana ma fausaga patino mo fale fou le Te Aranga Design Principles. E faavae aga taualoa i aga tausili a tagata Māori ma e faamausaili ma iloa tino ai mana whenua, i fuafuaga faataatia mo taulaga.