The role of some NGOs in fostering public housing privatization

Alan Johnson calls out the role of some NGOs in fostering public housing privatization. “The most obvious example of this complicity is with the sale of all the state housing units in Tauranga to IHC subsidiary Accessible Properties. This deal will involve 1140 units and will take place on 1st April 2017. The value of the deal, and the discounts and concessions involved, have yet to be reported publicly although they are substantial. It also seems that private investors are involved in the Tauranga deal so it can easily be seen as privatization by stealth.”