Compare the parties.

Party proposal

ACT proposes excluding purely religious or spiritual effects as grounds for consent restrictions and prohibiting compulsory religious observances in consent conditions. It would replace Te Mana o te Wai with measurable freshwater standards.

Who it covers

Applicants for covered planning consents. The party says physical heritage, urupā, archaeological sites, customary physical uses and Treaty settlement rights would still be addressed.

Timing

No implementation date specified in the reviewed source.

Cost & funding stated by the party

No total cost or funding source specified in the reviewed source.

Party proposal

The Greens propose tens of thousands of additional public homes, more papakāinga on Māori land, and an annual rent-increase limit of 2%. They would link rent in a new tenancy to the previous tenancy and strengthen rental quality checks.

Who it covers

Renters, people needing public or accessible housing, and papakāinga developments. The chapter also proposes same-day accommodation for people experiencing homelessness.

Timing

No delivery timetable for the proposed homes or rent changes is specified in this chapter.

Cost & funding stated by the party

The chapter proposes reversing tax advantages for landlords and property speculation. It does not provide a total housing-package cost or ring-fenced revenue amount.

Party proposal

Labour would restart Kāinga Ora construction; its fiscal table identifies 6,000 state houses. Community housing providers would receive more predictable funding and a government borrowing guarantee.

Who it covers

People needing social housing, community housing providers and construction workers. The 6,000-state-house figure comes from the fiscal table, rather than the shorter web announcement.

Timing

Start within a year of taking office; the official fiscal summary spreads Kāinga Ora capital across four years. No exact completion date for all homes is given.

Cost & funding stated by the party

The announcement gives $2.9bn capital and $745m operating support; the fiscal table separately shows $760m IRRS and other housing adjustments. That source difference is not reconciled. These are not annual programme costs.

Party proposal

National would raise the First Home Loan income cap to $300,000 for all applicant types. Eligible buyers could use a 5% deposit, while lenders would still decide whether they can afford the mortgage.

Who it covers

Eligible first-home buyers within the proposed income cap. A smaller deposit does not remove the lender’s affordability test or guarantee approval.

Timing

Proposed for a re-elected government; no implementation date is specified in the reviewed sources.

Cost & funding stated by the party

The party paper estimates a fiscal impact of $4–6 million, funded from existing budgets. It does not specify an annual or multi-year period for that estimate.

Party proposal

NZ First would prioritise citizens for social housing and develop a 30-year population plan linking immigration, housing and infrastructure. A referendum would propose a 20,000 annual resident-visa cap and population growth where infrastructure exists or is funded and scheduled.

Who it covers

Citizens and non-citizens needing social housing, councils and prospective residents.

Timing

Proposed for the next government term; no housing-rule commencement date is given.

Cost & funding stated by the party

The announcement gives no cost for the housing-priority rule, population plan or referendum, and no additional house-building allocation.

The wording establishes a priority, without explaining whether eligible non-citizens would be excluded or how housing need would be weighted.

Party proposal

Opportunity proposes ten nationally consistent planning zones, pre-approval for proven modular building methods, stronger rental standards and wider access to low-cost government finance for affordable and social housing.

Who it covers

Home builders, renters, councils, iwi and community housing providers. It would also expand home-energy improvements to eligible rentals and support more papakāinga and multigenerational homes.

Timing

No implementation date specified in the reviewed source.

Cost & funding stated by the party

The page proposes government finance and GST refunds to councils for qualifying new homes. No total package cost is provided in the reviewed page.

Party proposal

Te Pāti Māori proposes 2,000 homes on ancestral Māori land within four years, allocating half of new social housing to Māori, an initial rent freeze and a tax on long-vacant homes.

Who it covers

Whānau building on ancestral land, social-housing applicants and renters. The paper proposes a 2% annual capital-value vacancy tax for homes empty more than three months in a year.

Timing

Ancestral-land homes within four years; repeal no-cause evictions within 100 days. Rent increases would later track inflation with an improvements exception.

Cost & funding stated by the party

The paper proposes redirecting $3bn from repealing interest deductibility, without specifying the period. It does not give a complete housing-package cost or funding reconciliation.