Kia ora,

On behalf of Hon Dr Megan Woods, thank you for your email.  

While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important, and all
messages are carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to
personally reply to all emails.  As such, the following guidelines apply:

o Invitations and meeting requests will be processed as soon as possible
and a staff member will be in contact with you in due course.
o Requests for official information will be managed in accordance with
the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982, which may include
transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency.
o If your email falls outside of the Minister’s portfolio
responsibilities, expresses a personal view, or is copied to multiple
Members of Parliament, your correspondence will be noted and/or
transferred to another office.

If you are a resident in the Wigram electorate, please
email [1][email address] and the electorate office team
will get back to when they are able.
Thank you for the taking the time to write. 
Ngâ mihi,
Office of Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Housing | Minister of Energy & Resources | Minister of
Research, Science & Innovation | Associate Minister of Finance | MP for
Wigram

Private Bag 18041 |Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

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Dear Margaret,

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act
request dated 16 April 2022. You have requested the following information:

"documents and statements which articulate the government's current plan
with respect to third-party (i.e. supplied by CHPs rather than Kainga Ora)
social housing provision. In particular I request documents which state:
-The government's plan for growing third-party social provision; -The
government's goals with respect to third-party social housing provision;
-The total amount, listen by year, expended on third-party social housing
provision (by category of spend i.e. IRRS expenditure, grants, loans etc)
since the Labour government took office in 2017; -What the primary
benefits of third-party social housing provision are, and why community
provision is desirable in comparison to Kainga Ora provision; -Any
documents which show which CHPs are non-profit vs for profit
organisations.
-Any estimates or analysis of how much private capital (either funded by
CHPs directly or in financial arrangements or partnerships with other
financiers) registered CHPs have invested in housing provision since the
Labour government took office in 2017.
-Any record of meetings (including minutes, diary entries, emails,
reports) between the minister OR her officials (including
departmental/ministry officials) with private financial institutions
(including but not limited to banks, investment funds, private equity
firms) on financing of social housing since the Labour government took
office in 2017.
- All cabinet papers since the Labour government took office in 2017 which
have a focus on third-party social housing provision."

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 17 May 2022, being 20 working days after the day
your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by
then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Housing | Minister of Energy & Resources | Minister of
Research, Science & Innovation | Associate Minister of Finance

 

Phone: 04 817 8705 | Email: [1][Megan Woods request email]

Private Bag 18041 |Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

 

 

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Dear Margaret,

 

Thank you for your email.  In regards to your question below - the
Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing), Hon Poto Williams, is
responsible for rent control, and is therefore the appropriate minister to
respond to your request regarding ‘rent controls’ (OIA22-049).

 

On further review we find that this request (OIA22-048) regarding ‘third
party social housing provision’ pertains to responsibilities of the
Minister of Housing and the Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing)
and, to ensure a single response is provided, it would be appropriate for
Te Tûâpapa Kura Kâinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
to respond to this request.  In these circumstances, we are required by
section 14 of the Official Information Act 1982 to transfer your request.

 

You can expect a response from HUD in due course.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Housing | Minister of Energy & Resources | Minister of
Research, Science & Innovation | Associate Minister of Finance

 

Phone: 04 817 8705 | Email: [1][Megan Woods request email]

Private Bag 18041 |Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

 

 

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Kia Ora Margaret,

Thank you for your request. The OIA requires that we advise you of our
decision on your request no later than 20 working days after the day we
received your request. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that
time limit and we are therefore writing to notify you of an extension of
the time to make our decision, to Friday 10 June.

This extension is necessary because consultations necessary to make a
decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably
be made within the original time limit.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Julia Minko [2](she/her)

Senior Advisor | Ministerial Services

System and Organisational Performance

[3][IMG][4][IMG][5][IMG][6]www.hud.govt.nz | Level 6, 7WQ, 7 Waterloo
Quay, Wellington 6011

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

From: Megan Woods (MIN) <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 4:09 pm
To: Margaret Mechum <[FOI #19144 email]>
Subject: Re: OIA22-048: Official Information request - Community housing
providers

 

Dear Margaret,

 

Thank you for your email. In regards to your question below - the
Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing), Hon Poto Williams, is
responsible for rent control, and is therefore the appropriate minister to
respond to your request regarding ‘rent controls’ (OIA22-049).

 

On further review we find that this request (OIA22-048) regarding ‘third
party social housing provision’ pertains to responsibilities of the
Minister of Housing and the Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing)
and, to ensure a single response is provided, it would be appropriate for
Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
to respond to this request. In these circumstances, we are required by
section 14 of the Official Information Act 1982 to transfer your request.

 

You can expect a response from HUD in due course.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Housing | Minister of Energy & Resources | Minister of
Research, Science & Innovation | Associate Minister of Finance

 

Phone: 04 817 8705 | Email: [8][Megan Woods request email]

Private Bag 18041 |Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

 

 

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Kia Ora Margaret,

Thank you again for your request. We have made a decision to grant your
request and have identified 17 documents that fall within scope. However,
we are still finalising them for release but will send them to you early
next week.

 

Note that some information in the documents will be withheld under the
following sections of the Act:

 

Section of Act  Reason to withhold 
9(2)(a) To protect the privacy of natural persons
9(2)(f)(iv) To maintain the constitutional conventions for the time
being which protect the confidentiality of advice tendered
by Ministers of the Crown and officials
9(2)(h) To maintain legal professional privilege
9(2)(j) To enable a Minister of the Crown or any department or
organisation holding the information to carry on, without
prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including
commercial and industrial negotiations)
9(2)(g)(i) To maintain the effective conduct of public affairs
through the free and frank expression of opinions by or
between or to Ministers of the Crown or members of an
organisation or officers and employees of any public
service agency or organisation in the course of their duty
9(2)(i) To protect information where the making available of that
information would disclose a trade secret
18(d) The information requested is or will soon be publicly
available

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Julia Minko [2](she/her)

Senior Advisor | Ministerial Services

System and Organisational Performance

[3][IMG][4][IMG][5][IMG][6]www.hud.govt.nz | Level 6, 7WQ, 7 Waterloo
Quay, Wellington 6011

[7]Graphical user interface, website Description automatically generated

 

 

 

 

 

[IN-CONFIDENCE:RELEASE EXTERNAL]

From: OIA Requests
Sent: Monday, 23 May 2022 10:17 am
To: [FYI request #19144 email]
Subject: RE: OIA22-048: Official Information request - Community housing
providers

 

Kia Ora Margaret,

Thank you for your request. The OIA requires that we advise you of our
decision on your request no later than 20 working days after the day we
received your request. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that
time limit and we are therefore writing to notify you of an extension of
the time to make our decision, to Friday 10 June.

This extension is necessary because consultations necessary to make a
decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably
be made within the original time limit.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[8]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Julia Minko [9](she/her)

Senior Advisor | Ministerial Services

System and Organisational Performance

[10][IMG][11][IMG][12][IMG][13]www.hud.govt.nz | Level 6, 7WQ, 7 Waterloo
Quay, Wellington 6011

[14]Graphical user interface, website Description automatically generated

 

 

 

 

 

[UNCLASSIFIED]

From: Megan Woods (MIN) <[15][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 4:09 pm
To: Margaret Mechum <[16][FYI request #19144 email]>
Subject: Re: OIA22-048: Official Information request - Community housing
providers

 

Dear Margaret,

 

Thank you for your email. In regards to your question below - the
Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing), Hon Poto Williams, is
responsible for rent control, and is therefore the appropriate minister to
respond to your request regarding ‘rent controls’ (OIA22-049).

 

On further review we find that this request (OIA22-048) regarding ‘third
party social housing provision’ pertains to responsibilities of the
Minister of Housing and the Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing)
and, to ensure a single response is provided, it would be appropriate for
Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
to respond to this request. In these circumstances, we are required by
section 14 of the Official Information Act 1982 to transfer your request.

 

You can expect a response from HUD in due course.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Housing | Minister of Energy & Resources | Minister of
Research, Science & Innovation | Associate Minister of Finance

 

Phone: 04 817 8705 | Email: [17][Megan Woods request email]

Private Bag 18041 |Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

 

 

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Kia Ora Margaret,

 

Please find attached the response letter and documents.

 

Please note on page 72 there is a grey rectangle that appears to be a
redaction; however, this is a system error that we have been unable to
fix. Please be assured there is no information redacted behind this
rectangle.  

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Julia Minko [2](she/her)

Senior Advisor | Ministerial Services

System and Organisational Performance

[3][IMG][4][IMG][5][IMG][6]www.hud.govt.nz | Level 6, 7WQ, 7 Waterloo
Quay, Wellington 6011

[7]Graphical user interface, website Description automatically generated

 

 

 

 

[UNCLASSIFIED]

From: OIA Requests
Sent: Friday, 10 June 2022 11:28 am
To: [FOI #19144 email]
Subject: RE: OIA22-048: Official Information request - Community housing
providers

 

Kia Ora Margaret,

Thank you again for your request. We have made a decision to grant your
request and have identified 17 documents that fall within scope. However,
we are still finalising them for release but will send them to you early
next week.

 

Note that some information in the documents will be withheld under the
following sections of the Act:

 

Section of Act  Reason to withhold 
9(2)(a) To protect the privacy of natural persons
9(2)(f)(iv) To maintain the constitutional conventions for the time
being which protect the confidentiality of advice tendered
by Ministers of the Crown and officials
9(2)(h) To maintain legal professional privilege
9(2)(j) To enable a Minister of the Crown or any department or
organisation holding the information to carry on, without
prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including
commercial and industrial negotiations)
9(2)(g)(i) To maintain the effective conduct of public affairs
through the free and frank expression of opinions by or
between or to Ministers of the Crown or members of an
organisation or officers and employees of any public
service agency or organisation in the course of their duty
9(2)(i) To protect information where the making available of that
information would disclose a trade secret
18(d) The information requested is or will soon be publicly
available

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[8]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Julia Minko [9](she/her)

Senior Advisor | Ministerial Services

System and Organisational Performance

[10][IMG][11][IMG][12][IMG][13]www.hud.govt.nz | Level 6, 7WQ, 7 Waterloo
Quay, Wellington 6011

[14]Graphical user interface, website Description automatically generated

 

 

 

 

 

[IN-CONFIDENCE:RELEASE EXTERNAL]

From: OIA Requests
Sent: Monday, 23 May 2022 10:17 am
To: [15][FOI #19144 email]
Subject: RE: OIA22-048: Official Information request - Community housing
providers

 

Kia Ora Margaret,

Thank you for your request. The OIA requires that we advise you of our
decision on your request no later than 20 working days after the day we
received your request. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that
time limit and we are therefore writing to notify you of an extension of
the time to make our decision, to Friday 10 June.

This extension is necessary because consultations necessary to make a
decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably
be made within the original time limit.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[16]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Julia Minko [17](she/her)

Senior Advisor | Ministerial Services

System and Organisational Performance

[18][IMG][19][IMG][20][IMG][21]www.hud.govt.nz | Level 6, 7WQ, 7 Waterloo
Quay, Wellington 6011

[22]Graphical user interface, website Description automatically generated

 

 

 

 

 

[UNCLASSIFIED]

From: Megan Woods (MIN) <[23][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 4:09 pm
To: Margaret Mechum <[24][FOI #19144 email]>
Subject: Re: OIA22-048: Official Information request - Community housing
providers

 

Dear Margaret,

 

Thank you for your email. In regards to your question below - the
Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing), Hon Poto Williams, is
responsible for rent control, and is therefore the appropriate minister to
respond to your request regarding ‘rent controls’ (OIA22-049).

 

On further review we find that this request (OIA22-048) regarding ‘third
party social housing provision’ pertains to responsibilities of the
Minister of Housing and the Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing)
and, to ensure a single response is provided, it would be appropriate for
Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
to respond to this request. In these circumstances, we are required by
section 14 of the Official Information Act 1982 to transfer your request.

 

You can expect a response from HUD in due course.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Housing | Minister of Energy & Resources | Minister of
Research, Science & Innovation | Associate Minister of Finance

 

Phone: 04 817 8705 | Email: [25][Megan Woods request email]

Private Bag 18041 |Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

 

 

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