1,200 home development for South Auckland
The 14-hectare master-planned development in Favona and next to Mangere Bridge, will ultimately become home to approximately 4,000 people. Consisting of a combination of architecturally designed terraced houses as well as apartments, the first stage will focus on the...
Are we in danger of building socially stratified, exclusive cities of privilege?
Research into collective urban housing by Mark Southcombe, senior lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Architecture, suggests that there are proven international solutions which can help address the housing affordability crisis we are currently...Improvements to the code of practice for retirement villages
The Retirement Commissioner undertook a review of the code and recommended changes in August. The changes include a new step by step complaints process that includes the option of mediation to encourage earlier resolutions. The review also recommended more regular and...Announcement on emergency housing RFP
The process will be by a request for proposal through GETS 18011607 and includes a fast-track option that closes on 31 December 2016 for: those emergency housing providers that were shortlisted through the Emergency Housing Accommodation Request for Proposals released...Moving to results-based contracts with community investment
The programme is a co-design approach to support the Ministry’s Community Investment Strategy. Over the next nine months, Ākina and MSD will team up with a number of providers and Community Investment Advisors, to work together to develop new results-based contracting...