Kāinga Ora
| Kaporeihana ā-Whare (Māori) | |
| Agency overview | |
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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 |
| Employees | 3305 (2023) |
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| Website | www |
Kāinga Ora, officially Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities, 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.
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.
Kāinga Ora is a large and important Crown entity, with assets of $45 billion and over $2.5 billion of expenditure each year. It owns over 70,000 homes and is the country’s biggest landlord, providing accommodation to people often in great need.