PHOTO: LAWRENCE SMITH/STUFF – Conservative analysis from MBIE says two thirds of first home buyers could not comfortably afford the first KiwiBuild homes.

Analysis from Housing Minister Phil Twyford’s own ministry shows that two thirds of first home buyers wouldn’t be able to comfortably afford the first lot of $579,000 KiwiBuild houses.

But calculations from New Zealand banks suggest they would offer a much wider swathe of Kiwis mortgages on one of the homes.

Both analyses were shown to Stuff alongside the cabinet paper setting out KiwiBuild’s eligibility.

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