Nicola Willis: National housing spokesperson says Kāinga Ora is making it harder for first home buyers

There's concern the Government is making it harder for people to buy a home. Data released by Kāinga Ora shows it spent nearly $2 billion on buying existing homes for state housing over the past five years. The housing agency bought more than 1600 homes in that time - at least 700 of those in Auckland. National's housing spokesperson Nicola Willis told Tim Dower it's not good for first home buyers. “If you are someone who wants to buy a house in the lower part of the market - and you keep missing out at auction and you find the Government has used some of its cash to out compete you, how does that feel? It’s pretty dreadful.” LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.