Auckland's $300m includes $107m for wastewater and stormwater works in the northwest and $193m for transport projects, including an extension to Fred Taylor Drive and Northside Drive, work on Trig Rd and a new bridge crossing to West Harbour ferry terminal.
It is estimated the Government fund will speed up work on the new houses by up to eight years.
"Not only are we accelerating housing delivery, we are creating new centres for employment and increased accessibility across the Auckland region," said Goff. He saidthe city still needed billions of dollars of extra investment to keep pace with population growth.
He said Auckland had received most of what it sought from the fund and in coming weeks the Government would announce new funding options for the city.
The other successful proposals in critical high growth areas are:
• Hamilton City Council - $272m - 8100 houses
Greenfield development (Peacockes) on southern edge of Hamilton.
• Waikato District Council - $37m - 2600 houses
Te Kauwhata (new development on the shore of Lake Waikare).
• Tauranga City Council - $230m - 35,000 houses
Greenfield development at Te Tumu (eastern end of Papamoa) as well as a capacity upgrade to the Te Maunga Wastewater Treatment Plant and a new (Waiari) water treatment
• Queenstown Lakes District Council - $50m - 3200 houses
Two new greenfield sites (Quail Rise South and Ladies Mile) on the Frankton Flats and an extension of the Kingston township.
Proposals were assessed by independent experts and an independent evaluation panel recommended the agreed package to ministers.
The funding would bring forward the ability to build these homes in some cases up to eight years earlier, said Housing Minister Nick Smith.
"The next step is for the councils to complete with the Government the detailed funding agreements which we expect to be concluded in the next few months."
Labour housing spokesman Phil Twyford has dismissed the specific housing numbers as wishful thinking.
"Bill English and Nick Smith are attempting to pull a fast one. They're claiming specific numbers of houses will be built, but they're not actually providing funding for a single house," he said.
The Housing Infrastructure Fund was simply a line of credit for councils who were already up against debt limits, he said.
"This is loans for water infrastructure and bridges; National cannot point to a single plot of land and guarantee a house will be built there as a result. Even if Smith's promises come true for once, they amount to less than 20,000 houses in five years, and just 2200 in Auckland."
Labour's KiwiBuild policy would change the way infrastructure was financed, he said.
It would use international bond finance and package it for new developments, with the debt serviced through a targeted rate on the properties in a new development, he said.