Emergency housing funding update

Jun 9, 2016 | News

From 1 July 2016, the contracting for emergency housing with the Ministry of Social Development will change.A Request for Proposals (RFP) for emergency housing places is now available on the Government Electronic Tendering System(GETS): 17568641. While the closing...

Number rough sleeping in Auckland increase

Jun 9, 2016 | News

On the night of the 22nd of May The Auckland Rough Sleepers Initiative conducted its 10th Street Count. It is conservatively estimated that at least 200+ people were sleeping rough on the night of the count. At 147 the last street count in 2014 passed the 100 mark for...

Homelessness accelerates between censuses

Jun 6, 2016 | News

At least one in every 100 New Zealanders were homeless at the latest census in 2013, compared with 1 in 120 in 2006, and 1 in 130 in 2001, say University of Otago, Wellington (UOW) researchers. UOW researcher Dr Kate Amore, from the Health Research Council-funded He...

Housing price to income trigger slammed

Jun 1, 2016 | News

Photo:RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson Economists, like BERL chief economist Ganesh Nana, are saying: “Freeing up land is one thing. We need houses that are affordable for lower income people.” Massey University associate professor David Tripe said the easiest...