‘Too many gaps’ in state housing plan

Nov 3, 2014 | News

Ten groups under the Auckland Community Housing Network say no guarantee has been given the money will be reinvested in state housing, and if it is not, the programme amounts to asset sales. Read the full article here Listen to David Zussman on Morning Report here...

Patrick Gower interviews Social Housing Minister

Nov 3, 2014 | News

Bennett says National could sell off “thousands” of state houses but Housing NZ will still be the “dominant force” in providing social housing in NZ. Concedes the sale of state houses is an asset sale despite National’s ‘no more asset sales’ promise, but says it will...

State housing reform welcomed, but way off target

Oct 29, 2014 | News

The seniority of these ministers is an important acknowledgement of the role of housing as a driver and outcome of the economy, but the Government should reconsider its view of state houses as only assets to be realised. Citizens depend on governments to require...

City Council named among the best at engagement

Oct 28, 2014 | News

The Council’s City Housing unit received a Highly Commended award in the Infrastructure category for the $400 million Housing Upgrade Programme which is continuing across the city. Read the full article here.

Future of state housing

Oct 28, 2014 | News

25 October 2014, NZ Herald: Handing Housing NZ role to private sector will mean subsidising sell-off “Community Housing Aotearoa, the umbrella group representing private providers, has flagged a number of initiatives for raising large amounts of cash, including...

Queenstown Lakes Housing Accord signed

Oct 24, 2014 | News

“The Queenstown Lakes District is one of the five least affordable housing areas in New Zealand, with a median house price of $664,000. The Accord agreed today aims to deliver a 20 per cent increase on the number of houses that have been built in the area in the past,...

Christchurch Housing Forum

Oct 23, 2014 | News

Every six weeks, an inter-agency planning group, including the Tenants’ Protection Association (Christchurch), the Methodist Mission and ComCare Trust co-ordinates an extremely well-attended, interagency Housing Forum. On 22 October 2014, the forum focused on the...

Member Profile: CORT Community Housing

Oct 23, 2014 | Member profiles

In 1987, Auckland’s Ponsonby Baptist Church set up the Community of Refuge Trust (CORT) in response to the housing needs of people on low incomes in its local area. CORT Community Housing now manages 186 properties and has 216 tenants: It owns 95 properties and rents...

Social housing review to start later this year

Oct 21, 2014 | News

Mayor Celia Wade-Brown says the City Council is a major provider in the affordable rental housing sector in Wellington and that the Council is keeping to its commitment to review its Social Housing Policy every five years. Read the full press release on Scoop...