Edward Yiu

1 day ago | interest.co.nz | Edward Yiu |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves

By Edward Yiu & William Cheung*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.