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The Prime Minister says the Government is calling for action over the 20% of K\u0101inga Ora houses left vacant for a month or more. \xa0

The Government's issued a Letter of Expectation to K\u0101inga Ora outlining a series of areas where it needs improvement. \xa0

Luxon says there's a whole bunch of homes not ready to let because they need repairs or need to be rebuilt. \xa0

But, he told Hosking, he's concerned it's taking too long to get people into the about 600 homes that are currently available. \xa0

He says one of the things in the letter was directing K\u0101inga Ora to turn homes around faster and get people into them.\xa0

The Prime Minister also says there won't be any new taxes in the Budget, and tax relief will happen.\xa0

The Government will unveil its first Budget in May. \xa0

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has pushed out surplus expectations.\xa0

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has warned of a multi-billion-dollar gap between what was promised and what can be delivered in the budget.\xa0

Christopher Luxon told Mike Hosking that they're determined to deliver low and middle income working New Zealanders tax relief. \xa0

He says he'd love it to be effective this July,\xa0they just have to go through a cabinet decision making process to ensure they can do it.\xa0

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