KiwiBuild head Stephen Barclay officially resigns

Jan 22, 2019 | News

Stephen Barclay, head of the KiwiBuild unit Photo: RNZ / Patrick O’Meara In a statement issued on his behalf, it was announced that he would step down from today. Housing Minister Phil Twyford’s office said he would not be commenting on Mr Barclay’s...

Tauranga outstrips London – 8th least affordable housing market: Global study

Jan 22, 2019 | News

The 15th annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Study compared house prices to incomes in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States and found Tauranga had again out-stripped Auckland...

CHA newsletter 22 January 2019

Jan 22, 2019 | Newsletters

CHA newsletter 22 January 2019.pdf

The Shift Aotearoa 2019 – thriving communities, housing insights: 5-7 June 2019, Wellington

Jan 15, 2019 | Events

This conference will be co-Presented by Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) and the Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities National Science Challenge (BBHTC). Save the date and more information will be through soon.

​University of Otago, Wellington Public Health Summer School 2019

Jan 15, 2019 | Events

Read the flyer for the WHO International Housing and Health Guidelines: Southern Hemisphere Launch. We are privileged to host the southern hemisphere launch of the guidelines, which bring together the latest evidence to provide recommendations to reduce the health...

KiwiBuild progresses to next stage in offsite manufacturing

Jan 14, 2019 | News

In September, KiwiBuild launched an Invitation to Pitch (ITP) to companies interested in working with KiwiBuild to supply affordable homes and housing components to the KiwiBuild programme through offsite manufacturing. The ITP closed in November with 105 responses...

​Less than 6 months to insulate rentals or face a $4000 fine

Jan 14, 2019 | News

Any landlords who still don’t comply after paying the penalty, may face further action according to MBIE. Bindi Norwell, Chief Executive at REINZ says: “From 1 July 2019 ceiling and underfloor insulation will be compulsory in all rental homes across New Zealand. That...

Simon Wilson’s 6 things to fix in Auckland: Disrupt the housing construction industry now

Jan 14, 2019 | News

COMMENT: What a scandal. Bloated material costs, bloated construction costs, dull designs, obstructive and inefficient consenting, obstructive financing, wrong-headed urban planning, neglected infrastructure, neglected trade training, fear of innovation, environmental...

These tiny houses are cheaper to rent-to-buy than renting a room in Auckland

Jan 14, 2019 | News

An Auckland company is selling tiny houses for weekly payments of $180 – cheaper than the average weekly cost of renting a room in Auckland. Would-be home owners locked out of the market due to high house prices can rent-to-buy a relocatable unit from Coastal Cabins,...

City Mission Getting Ready for NZ’s Biggest Christmas Lunch

Jan 14, 2019 | News

Two thousand guests are expected at Spark Arena on Christmas day for the annual City Mission lunch. The Mission team’s been planning the event for months, hundreds of volunteer hours have already been racked up with a further 500 volunteers set to help host on the...