CHA AGM and Seminar: The Future of our Sector

Oct 7, 2014 | Events

Dear Members and Colleagues Please join us on Tuesday 14 October for critical discussions on the future of our community housing sector to be held from 10am – 3pm at St Johns in the City, 170 Willis St, Wellington. We have organised a seminar to discuss the...

Seminar: Housing needs of vulnerable populations – Oct 21 Wellington

Oct 7, 2014 | Events

University of Auckland – one day seminar Tuesday 21st October 2014, 10.00am – 2.30pm Venue: Wellington Railway Station West Wing Room 129 Victoria University of Wellington The community housing of people with vulnerabilities is a significant global challenge. Research...

How You Can Help the Homeless

Oct 3, 2014 | News

New Zealand Statistics defines homelessness as people living ‘without shelter, people in temporary accommodation, people sharing accommodation and people in uninhabitable housing’. ‘Rough sleeping’ is the term used to describe the most challenging physical experience...

Community groups open to buying state houses

Oct 3, 2014 | News

Listen to the full report from Radio NZ’s Morning Report here

Campbell Live 30 September 2014 on Housing

Oct 3, 2014 | News

Campbell Live on 30 September 2014 focused on Auckland’s housing problems and potential solutions. It featured an interview with the New Zealand Housing Foundation and Housing New Zealand Corporation You can watch the full programme here

Gen Y give up on home-owning dream: Veda (published 23/9)

Oct 2, 2014 | Reports & Articles

New information from the Australasian analytics company suggests Generation Y, defined as those aged under 28, have rapidly declining prospects of owning a home. It has found that younger New Zealanders are applying for fewer mortgages, and instead borrowing up a...

Social housing reform landscape October 2014

Oct 1, 2014 | News

The Housing Reform Landscape as presented by MBIE officials at the CHA Seminar and AGM on 14 October 2014. This is an ongoing work in progress and CHA is invited to take your views and consider if we have any suggestions to offer to MBIE. View the document here....

Webinar Oct 8: Property condition assessments – in the context of asset management planning

Sep 30, 2014 | Events

LIVE WEBINAR Topic: Condition assessment Date: Wednesday 8 October Time: 11am AEST, 1pm NZT Duration: 30 minutes (incl Q&A) Click here to REGISTER SPM Assets is a specialist provider in asset planning software for the housing sector. This complimentary webinar...

Ethnic Group Profile Seminars

Sep 26, 2014 | Events

What will we be talking about? * quick overview of the census * information on different ethnic groups in New Zealand * what information is available from the 2013 Census * how you can use the census data What will we cover in the interactive sessions? * navigate the...

New Reporting Standards Update Seminars for Registered Charities

Sep 26, 2014 | Events

The free, two-hour seminars are aimed at registered charities with annual operating expenditure less than $2 million. These charities will be able to report using Simple Format Reporting standards. The seminars will be run throughout the country in October 2014 and...