Ministerial Direction on Eligibility for Social Housing : Contents
Explanatory note
Unofficial consolidated version of the Ministerial Direction on Eligibility for Social Housing
-- as at 4 September 2026
This note is not part of the direction, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This direction by the joint Ministers sets eligibility criteria for social housing that are similar to those applied by Housing New Zealand Corporation, a Crown Agency under the Crown Entities Act 2004, immediately prior to Part 2 of the Social Housing Reform (Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Amendment) Act 2013 coming into force on 14 April 2014.
