Kāinga Ora
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Kāinga Ora, officially Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities,[4] is a Crown agency that provides rental housing for New Zealanders in need. It has Crown entity status under the Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities Act 2019.[3]
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Formed | 1894 – State Advances Office 1936 – State Advances Corporation 1974 – Housing Corporation of New Zealand (HCNZ) 2001 – Housing New Zealand Corporation 2018 – Housing New Zealand (HNZ) 2019 – Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities |
Jurisdiction | New Zealand |
Headquarters | Level 5, 7 Waterloo Quay Wellington 6011, New Zealand[1] |
Employees | 3305 (2023)[2] |
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Website | www |
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On 1 October 2019 Kāinga Ora was formed by the merger of Housing New Zealand with its development subsidiary Homes, Land, Community (HLC) and the KiwiBuild Unit from the Ministry of Housing.