The National Party is calling on the Government to come clean on the number of state houses it's delivered.

Data, provided through parliamentary questions, reveal that of the 7,934 public homes added by the Government, only 3,716 are new.

National housing spokeperson Nicola Willis told Mike Hosking Labour's being misleading.’

“The rest have been bought in or leased from the private market, so they’re fudging the numbers, and they’re not actually getting houses built.”

Figures from the office of Housing Minister Megan Woods,  show the number of houses bought from the private market has decreased over time, and since the last National Government.

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