Affordable Housing: Enabling Territorial Authorities Act 2008

Public Act	2008 No 67
Date of assent	16 September 2008
Commencement	see section 2

1 Title

2 Commencement

Part 1
Meeting housing needs

3 Act binds the Crown

4 Interpretation

5 Purposes

6 What this Act does about affordable housing and social housing

Territorial authority may assess need for affordable housing

7 Decision to assess

8 Method of assessment

What must be covered in affordable housing policy

9 Outcomes and objectives

10 Criteria for application of policy to development

11 Actions required of persons doing developments

12 Actions required of territorial authorities

13 Criteria for allocation

14 Methods of retention

15 Objections and appeals

How affordable housing policy is made and updated

16 Making, reviewing, and amending policy

Territorial authority must communicate policy

17 Telling public about adoption of policy

18 Telling applicants for consents about policy

19 Telling affected persons about decision that policy applies

20 Telling affected persons about decisions on sections 11 to 14 matters

Objections and appeals

21 Who may object to what

22 Objections made to territorial authority

23 Appeals made to Environment Court

24 Effect on affordable housing policy of objections and appeals

Implementing affordable housing policy

25 Binding commitments may be required

26 No payment of compensation

27 Use of land and money

28 Policies must be aligned

Relationship with Resource Management Act 1991

29 Environment Court to decide

Transitional provisions

32 Building consents

33 Resource consents

34 Covenants

Part 2
Amendments to other enactments

35 Amendments to Building Act 2004

36 Amendments to Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

37 Amendments to Housing Corporation Act 1974

38 Amendments to Local Government Act 2002

Legislative history

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

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