PHOTO: DEBBIE JAMIESON/STUFF HomeStart subsidy price caps are well off the median in Queenstown, the Real Estate Institute says.
A reset of KiwiBuild should include more generous subsidies for first-home buyers, commentators say.
The Government is expected to deliver a new framework for the troubled construction scheme in the coming months.
It had originally been intended to deliver 100,000 affordable houses over 10 years but came in for criticism over the slow pace of building and some of the areas chosen for development.
It is understood that all aspects of the scheme are potentially up for review, including the HomeStart subsidy.
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