It said it would underwrite loans to a maximum of $6 million over three years, which would allow the community housing sector to raise $30 million. Head of Community Housing Aotearoa Scott Figenshow said that extra money would come from socially responsible investors...
The council’s development committee voted 14-5 yesterday to guarantee 20 per cent of the bond issue, or $6 million. The guarantee will allow community housing providers to borrow on more favourable terms, reducing the costs of homes by between $6000 and $8000....
The $500,000 prize has been presented to the He Kainga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme, led by Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman from the University of Otago, who is the first woman research leader and the first social scientist to receive the prestigious...
