Budget 2026 Child Poverty Failure: CPAG
The Government lowered its child poverty bar and Budget 2026 still cannot clear it. Now public housing families are being asked to pay more.

The Government lowered its child poverty bar and Budget 2026 still cannot clear it. Now public housing families are being asked to pay more.

Banks get a token levy. Public servants get the axe. State tenants get higher rents. Budget 2026 is not balance, it is class warfare dressed as discipline.

Banks get a joke tax. Landlords keep their loot. Beneficiaries, students, tenants and public servants get the bill. Budget 2026 is class warfare with spreadsheets.

State tenants pay more. Students lose Fees Free. Beneficiaries are squeezed. The rich remain protected. This is not a recovery Budget, it is punishment with a sermon attached.

David Seymour thinks councils can be bribed into fixing housing. Dave Bainbridge-Zafar says the real blockage is in Wellington, where state housing has been abandoned for market theatre.

Higher rents, fewer public servants and less help for people already struggling. Chris Hipkins says Budget 2026 proves National has chosen who pays.

National says its Budget delivers recovery. Barbara Edmonds says working families, state tenants and public services are paying the price. Can Labour offer something better?

State tenants pay more. Students lose Fees Free. Beneficiaries are squeezed. Banks get a token levy. Budget 2026 is not recovery, it is abandonment.

State tenants face higher rents and the threat of being pushed back into the private market, while landlords pocket a $2.9 billion tax break. Vote like your home depends on it.

Nicola Willis says State housing tenants have won Lotto. Funny, because most of them are still waiting for a safe roof and a Government that cares.