Auckland Community Housing Trust primarily assists low income families and people with mental health needs into housing that is affordable and meets their requirements.
Auckland Community Housing Trust provides sustainable rental choices, as well as flexible and responsive maintenance solutions for their tenants.
The CHA Constitution sets out two categories of members – Full and Partner – these are defined below:
These are Iwi, Maori and Pacific Island and Community or voluntary housing organisations and groups which are either:
a) Providers of Community housing, or
b) Groups intending or seeking to become providers of Community- housing, or
c) Groups of residents/tenants of community housing, or
d) Groups which advocate for Community housing or residents of Community housing as part of their work.
The annual fee for Full Members is based on your organisation’s gross income:
1. Up to $1m, the fee is $500 +GST
2. From $1m to $5m the fee is $1,000 +GST
3. $5m and over the fee is $1,500 +GST per annum.
These are individuals, local authorities, private development companies, and other private and public entities which invest, operate, own or develop affordable, Community and/or Social housing.
If you have a question about which category of membership you should apply for, please contact us to discuss.
The annual fee for Partner Member is fixed at $250 + GST per annum.
The membership year is from 1 Jan – 30 Dec.
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Our CEO Vic Crockford reflects on our past, while looking forward, Dwell Housing Trust's board is recognised for their sterling efforts, new research highlights NZ's ongoing housing challenges. Upcoming events include; the Community Housing Aotearoa MSD Training...
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CHA recently engaged with Community Housing Providers to draft a submission in response to HUD's Consultation Document on the Regulation of Property Managers The submission can be found here: FINAL Regulation of Property Managers Submission
CHA prepared a submission on a Consultation Document released by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand - Te Pūtea Matua on the potential implementation of Debt Serviceability Restrictions.The submission can be found here: Debt Serviceability Submission FINAL
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development - Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga recently released for consultation their Long-term Insights Briefing Proposal - Seniors' Housing. CHA provided some feedback on the proposal which can be found attached. Feedback on LtIB proposal...
CHA's Submission on Natural and Built Environments Act's Exposure Draft. CHA emphasizes the importance of the NBA enabling Local Authorities to utilize Inclusionary Zoning programmes or any additional tools for value-capture to ensure new development delivers the...
FINAL CHA Submission - A fair chance for all inquiry topics
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