17Licences to occupy

1. Where any State housing land has been sold (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) and at the date of the sale the land had a dwelling thereon, then, if after all principal, interest, and other money payable in consequence of the sale have been paid in full Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities is unable to confer on the purchaser a title to the land under the Land Transfer Act 2017 on account of roads not having been dedicated, surveys not having been completed, or any other reason, Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities may issue to the purchaser a licence to occupy the land in such form as Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities thinks fit.