2. Social Housing Reform Programme Kay Read, Associate Deputy Chief Executive Ministry of Social Development

3. MBIE
Treasury
HNZ
MSD
TPK
Clients
The Social Housing Reform Programme (SHRP) is a cross-agency initiative

4. SHRP* objectives * SHRP = Social Housing Reform Programme
(MBIE)

5. MSD’s role – functional view
DCE-level responsibility for SHRP
Housing policy
Contracting emergency and social housing places
Administering the government’s housing subsidy – IRRS
Assessing people’s housing need and eligibility
Managing the social housing register
Supporting clients with financial assistance and housing support products
Administering client’s income-related rent

6. MSD’s role – client view
We also help people with nowhere to live find somewhere to live
We can connect people to the social supports they need
We support clients with housing options and advice, including access to social housing
We can help people stabilise their current living situation with financial assistance, budgeting advice and referrals to services
We help people to be safe, strong and independent
Emergency housing
Social housing
Private rental
Home ownership

7. Transforming social housing
Creating momentum
MSD assessor of housing need and independent purchaser of housing places in a multi-provider market from April 2014
More diverse sector (30 providers incl HNZ)
MSD’s Purchasing Intentions
Targeted initiatives Christchurch and Auckland (pilots, additional contracted places, Auckland supply team)
Tenancy reviews (of 5,087 started by 31 August; 901 clients have moved (647 into private rentals and 113 on to home ownership))
Resetting expectations
Relocation from Auckland initiative (83 households approved)
More support for emergency housing

8. Transforming social housing
Strategic direction – an investment approach
To improve long-term client well-being and improve value for money by:
making evidence-based investment decisions
implementing a wider range of social housing interventions
targeting services and interventions
taking a more strategic approach to purchasing
managing and monitoring social housing contracts