Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Housing) (remote) on behalf of the Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing): On behalf of the Associate Minister of Housing, in answer to the first part, yes, in the context in which they were made. In answer to the second part of the question, we know that the rental market is under pressure right now and that some people are doing it tough, but there are a number of ways in which renters are better off since 2017. Firstly, the Government has introduced measures to improve household incomes, including increasing Working for Families tax credits and raising both the minimum wage and benefit rates; indexing benefits annually to increases in wages; and increasing the accommodation supplement from 1 April 2018. Secondly, the Government has taken steps to improve life for renters, and this includes implementing the healthy homes standard, limiting rent increases to one per year, prohibiting landlords from seeking rental bids, banning letting fees, improving security of tenure by abolishing no-cause terminations—and these are in addition to the measures the Government is taking to actually address the underlying causes of the housing crisis previous Governments shied away from. We know that the rental market is under pressure due to long-run under-investment in both public and affordable housing by previous Governments, and that's why we are working to bring on new housing supply, which is the best way to get rents under control. This is evidenced by the slowing rents increases in Auckland, where there has been a higher concentration of new supply, to see that our strategy is starting to take effect.