New state houses – minus the view
If you want a state house or “social housing” with a view, forget it. Beautiful views are banned in a draft new Government policy. Double garages and decks are out, too. The draft of the Social Development Ministry’s “purchasing...
February 27, 2015 Newsletter
February 27, 2015 Newsletter
Details Matter: Taking Stock of the Community Housing Sector in Aotearoa
Details_Matter_27_Feb_2015.pdfCouncil moves forward with Housing Accord
The Nelson Tasman region was identified by Government in January as a priority area in Schedule 1 of the Housing Accord and Special Housing Areas Act 2013 (HASHA), which aims to improve housing affordability by helping to increase land and housing supply in specific...Thousands of new houses for Auckland’s Tāmaki
Read the full release here.
MSD Housing Assistance Reform Feeback Group (HARFG) – release of two papers
The Housing Assistance Reform Feedback Group (HARFG) met in Wellington on 26 February. The items discussed at yesterday’s meeting of the HARFG included: MSD IRRS Purchasing Intentions Emergency Housing Funding Review Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Act...Housing shortage hits young mum hard
No rent has been paid since October 16 and she was evicted on February 20, her possessions stacked on the lawn because she had nowhere to take them. Multiple applications for emergency housing, social housing and private rentals before her eviction were declined and...