CHA Newsletter 1 May

May 7, 2018 | Newsletters

Plus other news and events from around the sector. You can read the newsletter in full here: Newsletter 1 May 2018.pdf

Winter 2018 Public Announcements

May 4, 2018 | News

We are pleased to see Government’s continued support in this approach that was brought to New Zealand by the Community Housing Sector in 2015. We would like to see it paired with sustainable support for emergency housing. Together we would have an effective...

Government investment endorses community housing sector approach – CHA

May 4, 2018 | News

CEO Scott Figenshow says the investment is also recognition that the community housing leaders have been on the right track, with the sector leading the charge with the Housing First approach. “We know it works and the sector has been committed to this approach – once...

CHA Tax Working Group Submission

May 1, 2018 | Submissions

You can read CHA’s submission which calls for a GST rebate to registered Community Housing Providers for new homes and for bringing the tax treatment of investments in residential housing in line with other forms of investment. You can read the submission in...

Design and Construction Company Offers Medium Density Residential Buildings

May 1, 2018 | News

Tallwood, an innovative design and technology-led offsite manufacture company has just amalgamated with Stanley Modular – a devision of Stanley Construction. The new entity, Tallwood, caters for the ‘missing middle’; the amalgamation having...

Big Albany site offers high density development

Apr 27, 2018 | News

Located at 80 Don McKinnon Drive, the bare block of 15,969 sq m of freehold land is for sale by tender, closing 4pm, Thursday May 17, 2018, unless sold prior to that date. It is being marketed by Eddie Zhong, Bayleys North Shore Commercial in conjunction with Mike...

Keeping a roof over my kids’ heads is impossible

Apr 24, 2018 | News

It’s not only addicts, or people with huge amounts of debt who find themselves with nowhere to live. I’m a mum of two. I work, I pay my rent, I clean the house and I don’t smoke, don’t party and don’t own pets. Yes, I do have two...

Geneva human rights committee ‘shocked’ at NZ’s human rights report card

Apr 24, 2018 | News

New Zealand received a mixed reception from the UN Committee responsible for oversight of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) when it met in Geneva last month. Human Rights chief commissioner David Rutherford and chief legal...

New Council housing under way in Akaroa

Apr 20, 2018 | News

A whakawatea (blessing) and ground-breaking ceremony was held today at the Council’s Bruce Terrace housing complex, where three existing units will be demolished to make way for five new ones. The old units, which were temporarily repaired following the Christchurch...

Urban sprawl eating up NZ’s productive land – report

Apr 20, 2018 | News

A report out today, called Our Land 2018, shows New Zealand’s urban sprawl is eating up some of the country’s most versatile land. It highlights that between 1990 and 2008, 29 percent of new urban areas were built on some of the country’s most...