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Edward Yiu, Associate Professor, School of Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

The billions spent on NZ’s accommodation supplement is failing to make rent affordable – so what will?

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New Zealand’s unaffordable housing market has left many low and middle-income families reliant on the accommodation supplement to cover rent and mortgage payments.

But our new research has found the scheme, which costs the government almost NZ$5 billion a year, might not be an effective tool in addressing the country’s housing affordability crisis.

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