Explanatory note

Unofficial consolidated version of the Ministerial Direction on Application of Reviews of Continued Eligibility for Social Housing
-- as at 4 September 2026

This direction, which generally comes into force on the 28th day after its publication in the New Zealand Gazette, sets out the classes of people whose continued eligibility for social housing may be reviewed, and the classes of people who are otherwise exempt from review. Clause 8 updates references to provisions of the Social Security Act 1964 to corresponding provisions of the Social Security Act 2018 when that Act comes into force on 26 November 2018. This direction is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2012.