STOP PRESS – Charitable status and income tax exemption

We have all expected these reviews to commence once government announced the alternative settings for the Community Housing Entity form of tax exemption. Information on the CHE provisions can be found here. As this issue moves forward, CHA is commissioning sector-wide...

Major NZ construction project development conference planned

It has the intention of bringing the public and private sector together to improve national infrastructure developments. “Our role is to bring the best minds across the sector together and lead thinking, show case best practice, undertake research on overcoming...
Member feedback encouraged

Member feedback encouraged

The Auckland Community Housing Providers’ Network (ACHPN) and CHA would like to get your feedback on this letter written by Miles Hennighan of CORT Community Housing, following a recent ACHPN meeting. We would value your thoughts on what you think about...

Patrick Gower interviews Nick Smith

The Housing Minister insists foreign buyers are “not having a significant effect” on the Auckland housing market and rejects Labour’s claims offshore Chinese buyers could be buying as much as 30 % of houses.See more commentary here.
Roy Morgan Research poll

Roy Morgan Research poll

The poll conducted on 17 July shows National down 6.5% in the opinion polls and Labour up 6%. According to the poll: “A slowing New Zealand economy (New Zealand’s GDP growth slowed to 0.2% in the March Quarter 2015 – the slowest New Zealand growth in two years) is...

Housing crisis

Releasing land and building thousands of new homes won’t solve Auckland’s housing crisis.Laurence Murphy, Professor of Property at the University of Auckland Business School, says such a move will only result in the development sector doing what it has always done...

Increase in number of people renting

The number of people in their early 30s who own their own home has dropped from half in 2001 to about a third. Read this Radio New Zealand Insight Programme article.