Genevieve, Author at Community Housing

For 19 people in West Auckland, home is living and sleeping on the streets of Waitakere. Their story, and the circumstances of their life, are captured in the latest report of the Salvation Army: “Hard Times”. The report details how uncomfortable life is for this...

Increased number of building consents in Auckland

Aug 3, 2015 | Reports & Articles

Residential building in Auckland is at its strongest in a decade with 8300 consents for the latest year – an increase of 21 per cent on the previous year. "This is the fourth consecutive year of over 20 per cent growth and is the strongest sustained increase in...

Minister releases housing figures

Jul 30, 2015 | Reports & Articles

The social housing register is the number of eligible applicants for social housing properties or transfers between social housing properties at a given point in time.The Minister commented that the June 2015 quarterly figures showed the number of applications on the...

Auckland housing feasibility report released

Jul 27, 2015 | Reports & Articles

The Auckland Council Development Capacity Model 2015 calculates how many houses the market is likely to build under the PAUP planning controls. It estimates approximately 64,000 additional dwellings could be developed under today’s market conditions within the...