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Kāinga Ora Housing Development — Auckland
Kāinga Ora — Homes and Communities · Auckland
Kāinga Ora's Auckland housing programme — thousands of new social and affordable homes across multiple Auckland sites. National placed Kāinga Ora under a Crown Review in 2024, announcing $900M of cost cuts and a scaled-back programme. A government change would likely reverse cuts.
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59/100 · Uncertain
Completion Probability — likelihood this proceeds on roughly its stated timeline.
Funding statusweight 30%
Delivery stageweight 25%
Election / policy riskweight 20%
Govt priority alignmentweight 12%
Project scaleweight 8%
Delivery agencyweight 5%
Key facts
- Region
- Auckland
- Sector
- Housing
- Status
- Under Construction
- Estimated value
- $3.8b
- Indicative completion
- 2028
- Funding status
- Part Funded
- Lead organisation
- Kāinga Ora — Homes and Communities
- Election risk
- Extreme
Election risk assessment
National has cut Kāinga Ora's programme and put it under a Ministerial review. Major scale-back underway. A Labour/Green government would restore funding.
Government priority alignment
COUNTER — Scaled back under the 2024 Crown Review of Kāinga Ora — counter to current housing priorities.
Chronology
- 2019Kāinga Ora established, merging HNZC, KiwiBuild, and Community Housing. Auckland programme launched
- 2020Large-scale urban renewal begins — Mangere, Tāmaki, Glen Innes, Northcote
- 2022Thousands of homes approved; programme valued at $3.8B across Auckland
- 2023National wins election. Kāinga Ora placed under Ministerial oversight
- 2024Crown Review completed — $900M in cuts, programme scale-back announced. Sales of existing stock to fund renewals
- 2028Reduced programme target completion