Lobby group loses challenge to state housing sale

Lobby group loses challenge to state housing sale
Fiona Rotherham
By Fiona Rotherham Dec. 5 (BusinessDesk) - The High Court has dismissed a challenge by a lobby group against the government’s plans to sell 1124 state houses in Tauranga to a private provider. Lobby group State Housing Action argued in the High Court at Wellington that the proposed transfer of the Housing Corporation properties was illegal because the ministers hadn’t considered a transfer contract as they were required to do. Its other argument was that Finance Minister Bill English and Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett hadn’t taken...