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Policy Topic

Housing

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What this covers

New Zealand faces a housing affordability crisis. This topic covers government policies on housing supply, first home buyers, public housing, rental regulations, and homelessness.

EconomyHousingHealthEducationClimateEnvironmentCrime & JusticeTreaty & Māori AffairsImmigrationForeign PolicyDemocracy & Government

Where each party stands on Housing

Current stated policy, from each party’s own site. 2023 manifesto positions are being sourced.

Each position is summarised neutrally from the party’s own official policy and checked by an editor before publishing — never paraphrased without the source linked. Arapono is non-partisan.

What’s been legislated this term

On housing, this Parliament has 7 bills passed into law and 8 more in progress. The record beside the promises.

Building and Construction Sector (Self-certification by Plumbers and Drainlayers) Amendment BillNow law
Resource Management (Auckland Housing) Amendment BillNow law
Building and Construction (Small Stand-alone Dwellings) Amendment BillNow law
Building (Overseas Building Products, Standards, and Certification Schemes) Amendment BillNow law
Overseas Investment (Build-to-rent and Similar Rental Developments) Amendment BillNow law
Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (Trust Variation) BillCommittee of whole House
See all housing bills on the tracker

Source: NZ Parliament — Bills, as at 28 August 2026.

Sources

Topic framing is editorial. Party positions reflect each party's most recent published policy — not their stance at a past election — sourced from official party material.

Coverage at a glance

Which party holds a published position on which topic.

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PartyEconomyHousingHealthEducationClimateEnvironmentCrime & JusticeTreaty & Māori AffairsImmigrationForeign PolicyDemocracy & Government
National∅
Labour∅∅∅∅∅∅
Green
ACT
NZ First
Te Pāti Māori
TOP
Also contesting, without seats in Parliament
Women’s Rights
Animal Justice
ALCP
Conservative
Outdoors & Freedom
Vision NZ
Alliance
Free Palestine
NZ Loyal∅
Te Tai Tokerau∅
Published position∅ No stated position (verified) Not captured yet