One community housing group’s response to Kiwibuild

Nov 6, 2017 | News

Housing Minister Phil Twyford told Newshub on Saturday the Government doesn’t want to set up a “heavy bureaucracy”. “We know the desire for home ownership really cuts across all kind of social groups and income levels. Our goal is to make these...
CHA 24 October community housing sector seminar

CHA 24 October community housing sector seminar

Nov 2, 2017 | Reports & Articles

We heard from Alan Johnson, Salvation Army Social Policy and Research Unit, on the Taking Stock report he produced earlier in the year, with discussion facilitated by Kay Saville-Smith of CRESA. Consensus was reached on the goal and the settings necessary to build the...

A satellite city in the south key to funding and meeting growth

Oct 31, 2017 | News

Infrastructure NZ is New Zealand’s peak infrastructure body. They released this press release on 30 October “Our latest report released last week examines the cost of growth in different greenfield areas around the city where land is accessible and non-sensitive...

SmartGrowth Housing Affordability Forum in Bay of Plenty

Oct 30, 2017 | News

Community Housing Aotearoa Scott Figenshow chief executive with Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust executive officer Julie Scott in front of homes under the shared equity scheme in Queenstown. Experts at a SmartGrowth Housing Affordability Forum workshop looked...

​Shared ownership in Queenstown

Oct 30, 2017 | News

The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust expects to begin building 14 homes on a greenfield site near Onslow Rd, bordering Lake Hayes Estate, next June. The development will be the trust’s first under its “Secure Home” programme, which is based...

Co-housing developing around New Zealand

Oct 30, 2017 | News

A concept sketch for Dunedin project High Street Cohousing Photo: Supplied by www.architype.co.nz Co-housing involves family homes being built in clusters of up to 35, around shared living spaces, gardens and communal facilities. The concept has existed in some other...

Community housing sector ready to increase social and affordable homes

Oct 30, 2017 | News

26 October 2017 Community housing sector ready to increase social and affordable homes New Zealand’s community housing sector welcomes the new Labour-led coalition Government. “We are ready to partner to see ‘all New Zealanders well-housed’,” says Scott Figenshow, CE...