Hi There.

              Housing is an issue that successive National governments have failed to address.The solution is really not that complicated.So it is good to see the new National led government has at long last acknowledged that housing affordability is a serious issue for struggling families to pay their rent or mortgages.
                Child poverty is a scar  New Zealand governments over the last number of years.So far all we have heard about is that the government intend to transfer thousands of state houses to social agencies like the Salvation Army and that they will sell more to the private sector.The selling of  state housing failed in the past to bring some stability to the rental market rents just increased and  the conditions of the house remained the same,there was little up keep of the sold properties.

               What is needed is not a smaller state housing entity,but a smarter one.An example could be switching from housing support to landlords,to a house building programme,we need social housing not social cleansing.So lets see what the John Key National led government can be serious about eradicating poverty,in the land of plenty.