Govt funding for housing providers cut

The Government has axed support for the national body of community housing providers.

Housing Minister Phil Heatley has told Community Housing Aotearoa he wants the $20 million a year earmarked for community housing to go into building houses, rather than paying "bureaucrats".

Auckland Housing Association trustee Alan Johnson, who is vice-chairman of Community Housing Aotearoa, said the board meeting next week would have to consider winding up.

But chairman Andrew Wilson said he hoped the organisation could survive with project-by-project funding.