Govt doubles down on KiwiBuild as part of covid housing recovery stimulus

Govt doubles down on KiwiBuild as part of covid housing recovery stimulus
Brent Melville
A new $350 million residential development response fund will draw on the recently reset KiwiBuild housing scheme and covid-19 response and recovery money to support home-building and take the edges off the pandemic, Housing Minister Megan Woods says.Announcing the initiative today at a newly opened KiwiBuild development in Auckland, Woods said the funding stream will support residential construction and minimise the economic impact from the pandemic by "helping to progress stalled or at-risk developments that support our br...

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