Welcome to Community Housing

“Community Housing Aotearoa plays a key role
in the social and affordable housing sector.
Your advocacy on behalf of the sector has clearly defined
the challenges you face and has helped to shape the Government’s vision for social and affordable housing in
New Zealand. If you didn’t provide houses for people,
we would need to”.
Hon. Phil Heatley, Minister for Housing
 CHA Conference 2011 – “Doorways to Community Housing”

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Community Housing Aotearoa
Nga Wharerau o Aotearoa

The community housing sector is made up of a wide variety of not-for-profit groups and organisations that are seeking to provide affordable housing to low and modest income New Zealanders. These groups and organisations include iwi and hapu organisations, social service agencies, community development groups, housing trusts, housing cooperatives, housing associations and owner-builder organisations amongst others.

Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) provides leadership and services to the sector. It advocates on the sector’s behalf to Government and others. It builds the reputation of the sector by showcasing its achievements and reinforcing its business and community models. It builds sector capability by:

  • building membership networks and relationships
  • sharing tools and resources for organisation development
  • raising awareness of relevant research and best practice
  • sharing community housing news and events in New Zealand and the world.
 RESEARCH ALERT

WHANGAREI HOMELESSNESS RESEARCH

Current government policy and practice is proving to be more of a hindrance than a help to those precariously housed in Whangarei, according to a report released today by the Tai Tokerau Emergency Housing Charitable Trust (TTEHCT). The report highlights the experience of 20 tenants as they are forced to find emergency accommodation after living in caravans, cars or have been ‘moved on’ by friends or family.

Access the report and other documents here:

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CHA’s continues to welcome new members! The Government has committed to facilitating the development of alternative providers of affordable housing and to transform the social housing sector by partnering with third party providers. We can’t help make that happen without YOU.

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Updates

May 17th, 2012

The Community Housing train leaves the station – but not enough carriages

New Zealand’s representative organisation for the not-for-profit housing sector, Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA), is encouraged by yesterday’s announcement of the allocation of the Government’s $37.35 million social housing fund, but also notes the recent conclusion of the Productivity Commission that this is “well short of what is needed”.
“We are particularly heartened by the fact that the [...]

April 27th, 2012

Doorways April 2012 – Focus on Housing Affordability

This latest issue of Doorways, a publication by Community Housing Aotearoa, is a run-down of the recent Housing Affordability report from the Productivity Commission.
Download a pdf of the publication: Doorways_April-2012

April 11th, 2012

Productivity Commission Housing Affordability Report released

The Productivity Commission Housing Affordability report has just been released and nearly 20% of the 265 page report is devoted to social, community and Maori housing.
The Productivity Commission’s chair Murray Sherwin has stated in a press release “The community housing sector has a unique and very valuable role to fill. Mr Sherwin also said “the [...]

March 7th, 2012

Chasm between Social Housing Fund and sector capacity becomes apparent

The recent social housing fund, which is in the process of being allocated by the Social Housing Unit (SHU), has been oversubscribed by four and a half
times over, frustrating non-government housing organisations says Community Housing Aotearoa, New Zealand’s umbrella group for the community housing
sector.
In an update from the SHU yesterday, it stated that there were 94 applications from [...]

March 7th, 2012

Chasm between Social Housing Fund and sector capability clearly visible

The current social housing fund, which is in the process of being allocated by the Social Housing Unit (SHU), has been oversubscribed by four and a half times over, frustrating non-government housing organisations says Community Housing Aotearoa, New Zealand’s umbrella group for the community housing sector.
In an update from the [...]