"State homes are considered an iconic design" now according to Tamaki Regeneration

Media Release

State and Crown tenants in Auckland have been vindicated that their homes were not mouldy, damp, dilapidated and uninhabitable.

https://www.tamakiregeneration.co.nz/our-community/news/new-life-old-homes

This article release 27 May 2018 by Crown Agency, Tamaki Regeneration, clearly shows the native timber State Houses are very structurally sound, albeit some may be in need of cosmetic changes like a lick of paint and wall paper.

It is scandalous how over the past 7 years in Tamaki, and other areas of New Zealand, how these beautiful stately homes have vandalised and bulldozed into heaps of non-recycled rumble by consecutive governments.

The questions need to be asked.

How long will the developer built stack and pack boxes last?

How many tenants are being displaced and made transient because of this failed policy?

When is Nick Smith's failed 2013 Social Housing Act going to be repealed as promised by this government?

It is totally ridiculous during a housing crisis to be demolishing tenant's homes.

Firstly, the bill for putting tenants from Income Related Rents into motels is up to $2000 per week.

The housing stock is moved into the negative by being one house down.

And the value of the house at about $200,000 is a negative on the government's books. The replacement is at least $400,000 for a new build. Making the total book value of these new houses at least $600,000, not including the section.

State Houses built in native timber by master trades have at least another 100 years life while the current Building Code is for dwellings with 50 years life.

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