Partitions and units may deliver more homes

Partitions and units may deliver more homes

RACHAEL KELLY/STUFF Stuff reported on the research saying the type of additional dwellings would include converting basements and attics, placing extra dwellings on existing properties or a detached residence in a backyard or off a rear lane. The idea has been...

The Government’s pre-budget policy statement for 2018

The overall size of the economy, nominal GDP, is forecast to be cumulatively $1.5 Billion higher than in the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (Pre-election Update) over the four years to 2020/21. This, along with policy changes in the 100-Day Plan, flows...

Housing New Zealand will not be restructured

JOHN HAWKINS/STUFF Stuff news say the state social housing provider is currently run as crown entity, housing 64,500 families. “Housing New Zealand is full of people who are motivated by the best of intentions,” Twyford said. “It’s about being...
Newsletter 14 December 2017

Newsletter 14 December 2017

In this newsletter we learn more about the benefits of tenant engagement, the Community Housing Aotearoa Council’s meeting in Tauranga, the briefing papers to and announcements by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Phil Twyford; the Bay of Plenty Smart...

​Hosting housing colleagues in Wellington

Chris Glaudel, CHA; Laurie Putscher, Henrietta Snipes and Mary Jo Kabab all from NAHRO; Hayley Hamilton, MSD; and Tyra Duncan-Hall, NAHRO at the MSD office in Wellington They had been in Australia to attend the National Housing Conference and the AHI Awards Dinner....