Research on housing WOF for Wellington and Dunedin

Research on housing WOF for Wellington and Dunedin

He Kainga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme based at the University of Otago, Wellington, has been funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand to study the effects of introducing a rental housing WoF. A rental WoF would require basic standards for...

Auckland council announce partnership for housing older people

The Council’s brief was to find a community housing partner that could work alongside council to secure long term social housing for Auckland’s older people. The Selwyn Foundation has been providing services for vulnerable elderly people since 1954. Chief...

Visionwest open new houses

The 30-bedroom development cost $4.3 million and included $2 million in funding from the Government’s social housing unit fund. Last week the Government announced that it would partner with five community organisations to increase the number of social housing...

More affordable housing for Christchurch

The $12 million Hornby Project is a collaborative partnership between the Government, the Christchurch City Council, the New Zealand Housing Foundation, Abbeyfield, Housing Plus Charitable Trust, the Salvation Army and the Christchurch Methodist Mission. The 44-home...

Auckland Council pensioner housing

A member of Auckland Council’s seniors advisory panel, Richard Northey, said seven providers submitted bids to manage the Auckland flats: British-owned Pinnacle Group and Bupa Care Services; Australian-owned Horizon Housing and Compass Housing; and NZ-owned...