OECD joins KiwiBuild critics as 'reset' looms

OECD joins KiwiBuild critics as 'reset' looms
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By Pattrick Smellie June 25 (BusinessDesk) - The government should reallocate KiwiBuild funding to social and rental housing rather than take on higher levels of financial risk than housing policies of other countries to assist KiwiBuild buyers who are "sufficiently well off to buy a home", the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development says in a review of the New Zealand economy. "What we're basically saying here is that maybe there is scope for providing a little bit more rental housing, given the fact that many of the people...

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