New Zealand Legislation: Bills

12 Actions required of territorial authorities

• (1) An affordable housing policy must state what the territorial authority may do to help a person doing a development to which the policy applies to facilitate the provision of affordable housing, if the person is doing a development to which the policy applies.

  (2) Without limiting what the policy may state, things that the authority may consider doing are policy may state that the territorial authority may do include—

  • (a) excusing the person from paying some or all of the person’s development contribution under its policy on development contributions:

  • (b) giving the person a density bonus:

  • (c) giving the person financial assistance under an applicable funding or financial policy:

  • (d) giving the person rates remission under its rates remission policy:

  • (e) giving the person rates postponement under its rates postponement policy.

  (3) If the policy states that the authority may do any of the things listed in subsection (2), the policy must also state details of—

  • (a) the nature of the thing:

  • (b) the circumstances in which the authority may do the thing:

  • (c) the conditions subject to which the authority may do the thing.