Action-Packed Month For New Zealand’s Housing Sector

Nov 5, 2018 | News

This month Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities (BBHTC) – Ko ngā wā kāinga hei whakamāhorahora – is sponsoring a number of key events to inform how we deliver affordable, healthy homes, create attractive, functional urban neighbourhoods and build Māori...

Council “heartless and hypocritical” over council Housing

Nov 5, 2018 | Uncategorised

The committee is meeting to discuss a proposed $30 loan, at commercial lending criteria, to the Otautahi Community Housing Trust to build 130 new council rental units. This is a heartless policy because it fails to address the housing crisis for low-income tenants and...

REINZ warns letting fee ban could lead to rent increases

Nov 2, 2018 | News

In its submission to the Select Committee REINZ, alongside other similar industry bodies, outlined that while banning letting fees will reduce fees upfront, that long term those fees may simply be recuperated by landlords through increased rent which contradicts the...

Porirua regeneration means thousands of new homes

Nov 2, 2018 | News

Thousands of families will enjoy new state homes, affordable KiwiBuild and market homes under a plan to revitalise eastern Porirua as the Government continues to tackle the housing crisis. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the plan was the biggest and most ambitious...

​Parliament bans letting fees

Nov 1, 2018 | News

“Around half of all Kiwis now live in rented homes. This change could put up to $47 million into the pockets of Kiwi families each year. “The law has been changed in time to give tenants a break before we enter the summer rental season when so many tenancies turn...

Chris Glaudel’s email to Andrew Crisp

Nov 1, 2018 | News

Thank you for attending the Community Housing Aotearoa workshop this morning. Our members valued the opportunity to hear from you and to ask questions. We appreciate the amount of time you chose to spend with us discussing this important issue. As a sector, we are...

Cross sectorial secondment feedback

Oct 30, 2018 | Member profiles

Ingrid Downey and Alison Cadman celebrate with Baklava. As you do. Dwell became operational in 2013 following the merger of Wellington Housing Trust and Mahora House Incorporated and is a registered CHP, as well as a charitable trust. They provide affordable, quality...