Christchurch City Council has today publicly notified the Riccarton Racecourse Local Bill, which will be introduced to Parliament within the next six months. The Bill seeks to change the Christchurch Racecourse Reserve Act 1878 and help pave the way for a proposed new...
Tenants claim landlords are asking them to pay rents in cash, avoiding lodging bonds and failing to sign a formal tenancy agreement. Some rentals are being occupied by four or more people per room, with one property regularly housing more than 30 people. Tenants are...
Of the 750 places, 600 will be by way of a special emergency intake above New Zealand’s annual refugee quota of 750, and 150 places will be offered within the quota. A number of government agencies and NGOs are involved in the settlement of quota refugees, including...
Listen to Scott Figenshow comment on Morning report. Here’s the media post on this. Social housing project on market after just a year The part-government-owned Tamaki Redevelopment Company is selling its tenancy arm, Tamaki Housing Association, which manages nearly...
“This prosecution is significant in that it is the first time the Government has pursued a landlord for failing to provide a warm, dry, safe home. Last year’s tenancy reforms enabled the ministry to directly prosecute landlords rather than relying on tenants to take...
A couple of weeks ago Arthur Grimes, the former chair of the Reserve Bank, was interviewed on Nine to Noon by Kathryn Ryan. The occasion was a report by his research lab Motu, which had discovered a 1:6 cost:benefit ratio for the government’s insulation subsidy...
The design of the new $28 million, two-storey centre at Selwyn Village has been inspired by the most innovative thinking in residential aged care provision and service delivery. ‘In designing the layout of the building and planning the services to be offered, we’ve...
Other information in this edition includes a link to the Tamaki expressions of interest for tenancy management, plus news and events of interest to the sector. 17 March newsletter.pdf