The Prime Minister is pushing back on claims Kiwibuild homes are too expensive and are going unsold

There are doubts the government will meet its goal of building a thousand affordable homes by July - given official records show just 33 complete.

It's also been said the homes available and those in planning, aren't being sold.

Jacinda Ardern has snapped back at the claims, saying the houses available in Auckland have been popular.

She says every developer knows selling homes before they're built, and before people can see them, is more difficult.