1 oct. 2018 - Social Housing: Appointment of the ‘regulatory authority’ and the ‘social housing agency’

Description:

An Order in Council under the Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Act 1992, appointed the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development as the ‘regulatory authority for social housing’. The Ministry of Social Development continued to be appointed as the ‘social housing agency’.
In 2013, an Order in Council had appointed the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment as the ‘regulatory authority for social housing’ and the Ministry of Social Development as the ‘social housing agency’.
With the establishment of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment ceased to have any functions in relation to social housing. The Ministry of Social Development continued to have responsibility for a range of client-facing functions including eligibility assessment for social housing, managing the social housing register, and calculating the Income-Related Rent and related functions.

Source: https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/about-msd/history/social-assistance-chronology-programme-history.html