The homes were built as part of a joint venture partnership between Ngāti Whātua Orākei and Fletcher Living, delivering 200 houses that will be a mix of one, two and three bedroom homes – 30 per cent of which are designated for public housing. “Accessible Properties...
The organisation will also no longer be required to return a surplus to the Government. “Housing NZ is a very different organisation under the helm of chief executive Andrew McKenzie and under our Government,” Phil Twyford says. “It is already offering pastoral care...
“Housing NZ acknowledges that around 800 tenants suffered by either losing their tenancies, losing their possessions, being suspended from the public housing waiting list, negative effects on their credit ratings or, in the worst cases, being made homeless. “Housing...
The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust (QLCHT or the Trust) has approached QLDC to conduct Geotech exploration of Council-owned land at Jopp Street, Arrowtown. While the Council has made no decision at this time about the use of this land, it has agreed to allow...
Wellington City Council is teaming up with developers to convert an inner-city building into “affordable apartments” in an effort to tackle the capital’s growing housing crisis – at no additional cost to ratepayers. The pilot partnership is...
For the past year, the research team has been working with the Marae to co-develop the Te Manaaki o te Marae research programme. Key to the research is to better understand why their Manaaki Tāngata E Rua transitional housing programme is so successful at supporting...
The units – ranging between one and four bedrooms – occupy part of the former Arlington Apartments site in Mount Cook, the Council’s largest social housing site. Mayor Justin Lester joined representatives of local iwi, Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika, in a...
The plant will initially be capable of pre-building some 500 homes a year, with capacity to grow output quickly to 1,000 homes annually, Fletcher Living chief executive Steve Evans told BusinessDesk. KiwiBuild aims to build 100,000 affordable homes during the next...
“The Government is considering the most significant changes to renting laws in over a decade, and it’s vital that renters have their say,” said Renters United spokesperson Anna Mooney. “Right now the Government is consulting the public on two major pieces of...
