19 Dec 2023

Community Housing Aotearoa on Kāinga Ora review

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 19 December 2023

Housing Minister Chris Bishop is putting Kāinga Ora, under the microscope with rapidly growing debt of more than $12 billion.

He says he's also received worrying and commercially sensitive advice about the government landlord's financial situation.

This, as the waitlist for housing rises above 25,000 households.

Community Housing Aotearoa chief executive Paul Gilberd spoke to Charlotte Cook.