First homes for families: Key Progressive priority
Thursday, 21 October 2004, 12:19 am Press Release: Progressive Party
21 October 2004
Hon Jim Anderton MP, Progressive
Leader
First homes for families a key Progressive
priority
"Young families should be able to have the
security of owning their own home and the Progressives have
been working on policies to promote this," Progressive
Leader Jim Anderton said this morning.
"Having your own
home can make a big difference to a family's long term
financial security as well as their feeling of belonging in
a community.
"There's nothing worse than a young family
having to move every time their landlord wants to sell up.
It is not only an added expense, but children's lives are
disrupted and their health and education suffer. It is our
intention to reduce this disruption by helping young
families into their first home.
"Getting a deposit
together is the biggest barrier. Sometimes rent will cost
more than mortgage repayments, so families would be better
off in their own home, but they just don't have the money to
put into a deposit.
"Housing is clearly an area where we
can help out low to middle income families, so the
Progressives have prioritized work in this area," Jim
Anderton
said.
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