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Government housing handouts throw fuel on flames

Changes to the new HomeStart programme fail to address the supply shortage.

Chris Hutching
Wed, 01 Apr 2015

A helping hand – or an April fool’s solution?

From today, the government’s new HomeStart programme may help an estimated 90,000 low and middle income first home buyers into their own home over the next five years, according to a government media release.

It allows New Zealanders to withdraw more

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Chris Hutching
Wed, 01 Apr 2015
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