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PHOTO: Megan Woods says the Government will keep trying to increase access to affordable housing despite opposition parties’ criticism of the scheme. (Source: Breakfast)

Housing Minister Megan Woods says the Government remains committed to trying to increase access to affordable housing.

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Woods made the comments on Breakfast amid questions about the beleaguered KiwiBuild scheme.

The housing minister said the scheme had delivered around 1366 homes so far, with another 1200 under construction.

Asked if this was good enough, Woods said it is “certainly good” 1366 families are in affordable homes.

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“Of course it hasn’t delivered the numbers we initially set out to do”, she admitted, however.

When KiwiBuild began in 2018 there was an “overly ambitious” target to build 100,000 houses in 10 years. This target was scrapped under what Woods described as a “reset” in 2019.

Woods said the Government has to keep trying to increase access to affordable housing, remarking one of the biggest challenges was access to land.

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She said the $3.8 billion fund, announced in 2021, to help green light tens of thousands of house builds in the short to medium term is “fundamental” to this.

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