Property Council chief executive Connal Townsend says the 14% year-on-year growth in 2015 is a damning indictment of the country’s housing market when compared to other countries. “This is extremely concerning to us. We have a planning system in crisis with excessive...
“Sadly more and more young New Zealanders face the reality of homelessness everyday says Dr Shiloh Groot Co-Chair of the NZCEH. “The homeless population has continued to increase every year and these young people are just another example of it....
The Christchurch City Mission has been operating a trial homeless shelter for woman for the last three years and has now confirmed the shelter will continue permanently. Shelter director Catherine Williamson has worked in the sector for 30 years and says there had...
Social housing issues have dominated headlines this year following the Government’s plan to sell off tens of thousands of state houses to non-Government providers, starting with hundreds in Invercargill and Tauranga. However, the plan struck problems with some...
Wellington City Councillor Paul Eagle said it was not fair that councils, which provided 11,000 social houses, were not eligible for the subsidies. CHA Director, Scott Figenshow, comments on the creation of a level playing field in the housing sector in a Radio New...
