Housing New Zealand Ltd: Privatisation by Stealth

L Murphy and R A Kearns
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R A Kearns: Department of Geography, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand

Environment and Planning A, 1994, vol. 26, issue 4, 623-637

Abstract: Like a number of other capitalist countries, New Zealand has recently undergone considerable economic restructuring. As part of this process, and representing a major policy redirection, the state has introduced a process of corporatisation and privatisation into the social service sector. In this paper we examine the processes involved in the shift from social rented housing to the emergence of a state-owned, commercially-oriented company, Housing New Zealand Ltd. We propose that the policy changes are ill-conceived, risking fiscal blowout for the state, and are likely to increase the marginalisation and poverty of tenants.

Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1068/a260623

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