Jan 29, 2019 | News
Stephen Barclay says his team was on target to meet the 1000 house goal while he was in charge. Cabinet ministers are meeting for the first time this year with the KiwiBuild programme high on the agenda. The flagship scheme has dogged the government in recent weeks...
Jan 28, 2019 | News
“Access to public buildings is a basic human right and New Zealand building legislation supports this. The Buildings for Everyone guide encourages building owners and designers to consider the needs of all users of public buildings right from the start,” says Jenny...
Jan 28, 2019 | News
Economist Shamubeel Eaqub says KiwiBuild will have to change and might be better off building social or rental houses if it’s to reach its goal of 100,000 houses. “People have really misunderstood KiwiBuild, it’s such a complicated thing. It’s...
Jan 28, 2019 | News
Young developer’s fresh take on housing. A 28-year-old entrepreneur believes his $1 billion south Auckland housing project will be held up as a “blueprint” for future developments. Land developer Charles Ma, an Auckland-born Kiwi of Chinese descent,...
Jan 25, 2019 | News
Number of homes contracted and committed: 10,160 with thousands more planned in our Large Scale Projects. Number of homes completed: 47 with 236 more homes under construction Number of homes contracted and committed for completion by 30 June 2019: 293 (Some contracts...
Jan 25, 2019 | News
Jessica*, who is a nurse, and her builder partner bought a piece of land in Auckland at the end of 2016 for $220,000 with the dream of either putting a transportable house or kit-set type home on to it. But two banks and two mortgage brokers later she has virtually...
Jan 24, 2019 | News
This week a report found New Zealand is one of the most unaffordable countries in the world to buy a house, with the average price more than six times the median household income. More than six months into KiwiBuild, only 33 homes have been built – well short of...
Jan 24, 2019 | News
“The government could lower unit construction costs in many ways, as it is well aware,” former Business Roundtable economist Bryce Wilkinson says in a new research note today. It could ease up on red tape, improve the supply of urban land by removing...
Jan 22, 2019 | News
Mystery already surrounded Barclay’s nearly three month absence from his position as inaugural head of the government’s flagship KiwiBuild programme, before the one-time head of the San Francisco America’s Cup village tendered his resignation earlier...
Jan 22, 2019 | News
Women, senior citizens and Māori are amongst the groups more likely to receive accommodation supplement, and the majority of recipients are on some form of benefit. Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling for a freeze on rent increases, and for the Government to...
