24 nov 2018 - Housing and Urban Development Authority - created

Description:

The Government announced that it was establishing the Housing and Urban Development Authority (HUDA) as a new Crown Agency to lead the Government’s large-scale and small-scale urban development projects and to be a public housing landlord. HUDA would consolidate the functions of the Housing New Zealand Corporation including its subsidiary the Hobsonville Land Company, and the KiwiBuild Unit.
HUDA would lead a range of urban development projects throughout New Zealand, in partnership with local government, iwi and the private sector. For some large-scale complex development projects, it would have access to a range of statutory powers including:
• shortened planning and consenting processes;
• building and changing infrastructure;
• funding infrastructure and development;
• bringing together parcels of land; and
• reconfiguring reserves.
The Government proposed to introduce legislation to establish the HUDA in 2019, with the first projects expected to be up and running in early 2020.

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