Consultation on Design Guide for Fire Safety​​: Residential Community Housing

Jul 19, 2017 | News

The proposed Design Guide was developed following stakeholder feedback on the 2012 edition of revised Acceptable Solution C/AS1-7. Stakeholders noted that the current Acceptable Solution C/AS3 provided a ‘one size fits all’ approach, without considering the differing...

Data to understand supply & demand for housing

Jul 19, 2017 | News

The online dashboard will allow councils to access interactive charts, maps, data on housing: • sales volume/total stock • consents/population • prices, values, rents • housing affordability Mr Townsend from the NZ Property Council says, “Giving councils assistance...

​Realities of Renting: Launch of The New Zealand Rental Sector report

Jul 19, 2017 | Reports & Articles

The study explores the drivers to investment and the nature of relationships between landlords and tenants. Results from a complementary study into the practices and attitudes of residential property managers in Auckland will also be discussed. Panel presentations by:...

The Housing Crisis panel September 7

Jul 19, 2017 | Events

Affordable, secure housing and sustainable future-proof cities are a huge concern in New Zealand with its homelessness, growing and ageing population. PrefabNZ, the New Zealand Green Building Council and Community Housing Aotearoa are co-hosting this pre-election...

Tamaki Housing Associaton Tenancy Management short list

Jul 18, 2017 | News

Tamaki Housing Association manages nearly 2800 former Housing New Zealand homes in east Auckland. When it called for tenders to take over the tenancy management business earlier this year, 11 Australian and New Zealand housing providers pitched. Two Australian groups...

​As Cities Grow Worldwide, So Do the Numbers of Homeless

Jul 18, 2017 | Documents

Such statistics come with a caveat. Obtaining accurate numbers is difficult, mostly due to wild variations in definitions around the globe. Also, measuring homelessness is costly: Cities may under-count due to embarrassment while individuals avoid officials due to...

Auckland Council unsure how many affordable homes built

Jul 5, 2017 | News

A development in Hobsonville: The Auckland Council’s deal with the government means a percentage of large developments have to include affordable homes. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King The council has set up more than 150 Special Housing Areas (SHAs) with the...

Tools for local delivery – inclusionary zoning key to affordable housing in Queenstown

Jul 5, 2017 | Documents

Under the Queenstown Lakes planning process, a developer who applies to rezone a rural area to an urban zone must allocate 5% of the land to the Trust. Speaking at the CHA-IMPACT 2017 Conference at Te Papa in Wellington, Julie Scott says the Trust operates three...

Local government leadership key to increasing housing supply

Jul 5, 2017 | Documents

Regent park Wellington City Council Housing Wellington shows local government leadership with diverse housing initiatives “Stable housing is important – it sets up our platform for later life,” Wellington Mayor Justin Lester reminded us in his welcome address. “Every...

Housing to be built on vacant Hutt land

Jul 4, 2017 | News

A drawing of the housing to be expected at the Seddon St site in Naenae, Lower Hutt. Up to 330 new social, affordable and market homes will be built in the Lower Hutt suburbs of Naenae, Taita, and Waterloo, at a cost of about $9.5 million. HNZ plans to finish building...