Hi There.

               The government intends to SELL a fair number of HNZ homes, to make themselfs look good in trying to balance the books. The poor and the voiceless are once again going to bear the brunt of housing policies that failed to deliver affordable housing in the 1990',it is very  much a case of reheated leftovers,no new ideas or policies.What is required is a housing building programme to stimulate the economy ,social housing not social cleansing of the poor is what is needed to create a stable community around the country.Encourage local councils to become engaged in a house building programme with low interest loans,many of these ideas worked in the past and could work again,all that is required is the political will.Housing is that important,it is the center of life as we know it. Many of those in political power at present had a good start to life with an affordable state house,but they seem happy to make sure no one else will have the benefits they enjoyed to get on in life.This is not fair,despite all the talk that New Zealand is a fair society for all people who call New Zealand home,we have to make our politicians accountable for the damage they will cause if affordable state housing is allowed to disappear bit by bit.