โChris Bishop is full of it. It is completely heartless and out of touch of him to be comfortable with people sleeping in cars and tents, while he stands up and boasts about saving money,โ Labour housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty said.
โItโs simple, build more public houses so that people have somewhere to live. Housing is the bare minimum that a person needs to live, and to help turn their life around.
โChris Bishop has already instructed Kฤinga Ora to build fewer houses each year in his letter of expectation, leading to a net loss of houses in Auckland next year, and cut $1.5 billion from building and maintenance costs in last yearโs budget.
โIf the best that he can come up with is the number of overall homes wonโt go backwards, then it shows their priority is cutting spending, not housing people.
โHe says a lot of words about how the private sector will step in, yet figures out today from Statistics New Zealand shows overall building consents for new homes are down nearly 10% for 2024.
โChris Bishop completely missed out the words that matter โ a commitment to building more public houses,โ Kieran McAnulty said.