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Foreword: Board Chair
For over 100 years, successive governments have recognised the importance of good housing in people's lives. Policies and services have focused on households with the greatest housing need having priority access to homes.
Housing contributes in many ways to the Government's themes of transforming the economy, lifting living standards for families, and further developing our sense of national identity. In particular, good housing supports families to be healthy, safe and strong. The housing market has a major role in regional economies and national economic performance. The building and construction sector alone employs 150,000 people.
The Corporation's business requires us to respond to a diverse range of housing needs. Different ethnic and cultural communities have specific housing requirements, as do people with intellectual or physical disabilities or mental health needs. We will fulfil our obligations as a Crown entity by working with Māori and iwi to successfully meet their housing needs.
The Board will give priority to working towards the Government's social goals in a business-like way. The Corporation will focus on working with a wide range of government and non-government agencies, the private sector and community groups to implement its responsibilities under the New Zealand Housing Strategy. The Board will undertake its stewardship role to ensure state housing is managed in a transparent and effective manner, housing is improved, and to promote access to affordable, good quality housing.
This year we will improve the Corporation's accountability systems and performance reporting to fulfilthe requirements of the Crown Entities Act 2004, as we seek to be an exemplary public entity. We will continue working with central agencies and the Department of Building and Housing to refine our stated outcomes, outputs and performance indicators.
The Board looks forward to fulfilling its role to enable the Corporation to achieve the results in this Statement of Intent.
