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.

SPECIAL NOTICES!

2012 NATIONAL MĀORI HOUSING CONFERENCE – more information to follow in 2012!

  • Dates: Mon 26 to Weds 28 March 2012
  • Venue: Copthorne Paihia
  • Themes: Whanau Ora and Housing; Homelessness; Social Housing; PPPs; Substandard Housing; Quality Design.

To show your early support for this event please send an email to maorihousing@gmail.com to be put on the mailing list for more information about the Conference in the New Year. Download Panui.

JOIN US NOW

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.

JOIN NOW

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Updates

December 16th, 2011

Media Release: Productivity Commission commended for delivering some home truths on housing affordability

New Zealand’s sole peak body for the not-for-profit housing sector, Community Housing Aotearoa, has praised the newly released Productivity Commission report on Housing Affordability for its timely reminder that New Zealand is ill equipped to deliver the volume or quality of housing needed for future generations.
“From our perspective this is a [...]

December 15th, 2011

Media Release: Christmas message sent to Housing Ministers

Thursday 15 December – Christmas message sent to Housing Ministers
Returning Minister of Housing Phil Heatley and new Associate Minister of Housing Tariana Turia have been sent a special Christmas ‘wish list’ from supporters of Community Housing Aotearoa.
“Community Housing Aotearoa has been collecting a number of messages from our members and wider network [...]

December 8th, 2011

‘Doorways2Housing’ YouTube clips proving popular

As promoted last week, four ‘chapters’ or clips from The Outrageous Bus Tour DVD produced earlier this year are now available to view on YouTube at www.youtube.com/user/Doorways2Housing
The Outrageous Bus Tour was organised by Housing Call to Action and took place in West Auckland as part of the national “Doorways to Community [...]

November 24th, 2011

Media Release: Major omission in NZ Herald Election Guide

The Election Guide published by the New Zealand Herald this week has made a major omission by excluding housing from its selection of the 11 “biggest issues”, says Community Housing Aotearoa, New Zealand’s only peak body for the not-for-profit housing sector.
“Neglect of housing conditions is [...]

October 21st, 2011

Northern Glen Innes EOI

Download the EOI Northern Glen Innes Redevelopment Project document here.