New tax-exempt status available for Community Housing Entities

This is the long-awaited solution to the decision by the Charities Commission in 2009 ruling that helping people to buy their own home through shared ownership is outside the domain of a charity and subject to tax. We were quick to welcome the announcement that there...

Community Housing Aotearoa welcomes new housing entity

Finance Minister Bill English and Housing Minister Dr. Nick Smith have today announced the establishment of a new entity to grow and diversify the social housing market. The Establishment Unit will look at how, and on what terms, transfers of HNZC stock to community...