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Dear Cody

 

Thank you for your email dated 29 July 2018 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act) the following information:

 

1. What is the legislation that enables Housing New Zealand (HNZ) to offer
the Welcome Home Loan (WHL) product?

 

2.a. What is the specific legislation, or policy document(s), which
enables HNZ to disallow those with a WHL product the ability to rent or
lease their home?

 

2.b. What is the HNZ definition of (a) "rent" & (b) "lease" in this
context?

 

3. Which of the below scenarios are permitted, or not permitted, under the
WHL product?

 

3.a. renting the house

3.b. having a flat mate

3.c. home-sharing for payment (e.g. AirBNB)

 

Note for Section 3: Please provide reference to specific legislation or
policy document(s) that are applicable and please give consideration to
whether the owner ordinarily, or does not ordinarily, live in the home.
For instance, making the distinction between using AirBNB for the whole
house (owner not living there) vs. renting out one room on AirBNB while
still living at home.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 24 August 2018 being 20 working days after the day
your request was received by Housing New Zealand in accordance with
section 15(1) of the Act.

 

If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of
an extension of that timeframe.

 

We may also contact you if further clarification or refinement of your
request is required to enable a decision to be made.

 

Regards

 

 

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-----Original Message-----

From: Cody C [mailto:[FOI #8402 email]]

Sent: Sunday, 29 July 2018 7:51 a.m.

To: HNZC Enquiries

Subject: Official Information request - Welcome Home Loan - legislation
and regulations

 

Dear Housing New Zealand Corporation,

 

Please provide the below information under the Official Information Act
1982. For the purposes of the Act, I am a New Zealand citizen. You
generally have 20 working days to respond to this enquiry, as required by
law. Your response will be published publicly on the fyi.org.nz website.

 

1. What is the legislation that enables Housing New Zealand (HNZ) to offer
the Welcome Home Loan (WHL) product?

 

2.a. What is the specific legislation, or policy document(s), which
enables HNZ to disallow those with a WHL product the ability to rent or
lease their home?

 

2.b. What is the HNZ definition of (a) "rent" & (b) "lease" in this
context?

 

3. Which of the below scenarios are permitted, or not permitted, under the
WHL product?

 

3.a. renting the house

3.b. having a flat mate

3.c. home-sharing for payment (e.g. AirBNB)

 

Note for Section 3: Please provide reference to specific legislation or
policy document(s) that are applicable and please give consideration to
whether the owner ordinarily, or does not ordinarily, live in the home.
For instance, making the distinction between using AirBNB for the whole
house (owner not living there) vs. renting out one room on AirBNB while
still living at home.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Cody C

 

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Dear Cody

 

Please find attached a response from Rachel Kelly, Manager, Government
Relations, Housing New Zealand, to your email of 29 July 2018.

 

Please do not respond to this email address as incoming emails are not
monitored. You may either contact Housing New Zealand through
[1]http://www.hnzc.co.nz/contact-us or email Housing New Zealand at
[2][HNZC request email]

 

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