Insight: The State of Social Housing
As the government moves to sell off more than twenty thousand state houses, many church groups and Iwi say they are keen to take them on. But they want the properties at a discount and they don’t want to lumped with the dumps. Radio New Zealand’s Housing...Partnership providing healthier social housing
More than 220 housing units have had free insulation or thermal curtains installed through the Council–CEA partnership, with that number expected to increase to 500 units before end of June next year. Communities, Housing and Economic Development Committee Chair...NZ Coalition to End Homelessness Conference 2015
Date: 26 February 2015 Venue: Shed 6, Queens’ Wharf, Wellington Through networking and collaborative workshops we will clear the path for the future, and create sustainable solutions to ensure the end of homelessness. Homelessness is defined as living situations...New initiatives to improve tenancy services
“A new FastTrack Resolution service will be available from today to all landlords and tenants to help resolve rent arrears disputes in a faster and more efficient way. A new online system for Tenancy Tribunal applications is also up and running from today, which will...Labour’s housing spokesman Phil Twyford discusses state housing on National Radio
Listen to the interview on National Radio here.State houses sitting on goldmine
Even the victims of Glen Innes’ state housing transformation can see the logic behind it. Well, most of them. In Fernwood Place, in GI’s north-east corner, just two Housing NZ tenants remain in a street of 30 state and former state houses. Read the full...An Auckland development is seen as leading the way for national reforms
In the second part of the article State houses sitting on goldmine, Simon Collins reports on the Tamaki development, the problems and the plan to help needy families. He speaks with David Zussman, Trust Executive, Monte Cecilia Housing Trust who outlines the...Trust leads revolution in housing
The Government wants a new approach to social housing, which would see more private providers, such as church groups and iwi, take on vulnerable tenants as the Government sells off thousands of homes. Housing New Zealand (HNZ) confirmed to the Nelson Mail there are...