Cost of building a home in NZ continues to rise

Dec 19, 2017 | News

Photo RNZ QV costbuilder figuresshow the average cost of building a standard 140m², three bedroom, one bathroom home increased by the most in Wellington and Hamilton over the past year, up 2.1% to an average cost of $261,265 in both regions. In comparison, Palmerston...
Auditor-General report on social housing

Auditor-General report on social housing

Dec 19, 2017 | Reports & Articles

The Auditor-General published a report today looking at how well Housing New Zealand uses information to meet the needs of its tenants in its management of tenancies, maintenance of houses, and management and investment in new and existing housing. They made a number...
Partitions and units may deliver more homes

Partitions and units may deliver more homes

Dec 18, 2017 | Research

RACHAEL KELLY/STUFF Stuff reported on the research saying the type of additional dwellings would include converting basements and attics, placing extra dwellings on existing properties or a detached residence in a backyard or off a rear lane. The idea has been...

The Government’s pre-budget policy statement for 2018

Dec 18, 2017 | Documents

The overall size of the economy, nominal GDP, is forecast to be cumulatively $1.5 Billion higher than in the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (Pre-election Update) over the four years to 2020/21. This, along with policy changes in the 100-Day Plan, flows...

Housing New Zealand will not be restructured

Dec 18, 2017 | News

JOHN HAWKINS/STUFF Stuff news say the state social housing provider is currently run as crown entity, housing 64,500 families. “Housing New Zealand is full of people who are motivated by the best of intentions,” Twyford said. “It’s about being...

A changing of the guard at Accessible Properties

Dec 14, 2017 | Documents

Andrew Wilson left, with Megan Woods MP for Wigram, and Andrew Olsen LifeMark General Manager in 2014 opening a new home in Christchurch part-funded by a Social Housing Fund grant Andrew Wilson’s involvement in community housing has been through the IHC, initially...
Auditor-General report on social housing

Bay of Plenty SmartGrowth report on housing need

Dec 14, 2017 | Reports & Articles

Ian Mitchell (left) and Chris Glaudel, report authors, on housing trends in Tauranga and the rest of the Western Bay. Photo/George Novak The Bay of Plenty Times says an analysis of figures showed that only 1300 of Tauranga’s 16,500 renters earned enough to...

​Hosting housing colleagues in Wellington

Dec 14, 2017 | News

Chris Glaudel, CHA; Laurie Putscher, Henrietta Snipes and Mary Jo Kabab all from NAHRO; Hayley Hamilton, MSD; and Tyra Duncan-Hall, NAHRO at the MSD office in Wellington They had been in Australia to attend the National Housing Conference and the AHI Awards Dinner....
Newsletter 14 December 2017

Newsletter 14 December 2017

Dec 14, 2017 | Newsletters

In this newsletter we learn more about the benefits of tenant engagement, the Community Housing Aotearoa Council’s meeting in Tauranga, the briefing papers to and announcements by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Phil Twyford; the Bay of Plenty Smart...