Housing role divvied up as part of reshuffle

Oct 7, 2014 | News

Mr Key said he wanted the number of houses available for low-income families to increase because there was clearly a need for them, but believed social housing providers should play a bigger role rather than the state. Read the NZ Herald article by Simon Collins...

Salvation Army cautiously approves housing policy

Oct 7, 2014 | News

A switch from state housing to social housing is in National’s plans, with Prime Minister John Key saying they may sell some Housing New Zealand properties to fund the change. Read the article on Newstalk ZB here.

State housing changes to continue

Oct 7, 2014 | News

Ms Bennett told Morning Report the reviews will continue as the Government tries to find homes for those on the waiting list. Ms Bennett said the Government also wants to encourage an expansion of community housing. Listen to the full report on Radio New Zealand...

Reshuffle puts extra attention on housing

Oct 7, 2014 | News

Yesterday’s Cabinet reshuffle saw Nick Smith remain as Housing Minister, but responsibility for the $15 billion of property Housing New Zealand owns passes to Finance Minister Bill English. Read the full Dominion Post article here.

Mayor and WCC staff temporarily homeless

Oct 7, 2014 | News

This Friday (10 October) is World Homeless Day and Wellington City Council is taking part in The Salvation Army’s team-based 14 Hours homeless event to increase awareness and raise funds to help New Zealand’s homeless people. Read the full press release on Scoop...

CHA AGM and Seminar: The Future of our Sector

Oct 7, 2014 | Events

Dear Members and Colleagues Please join us on Tuesday 14 October for critical discussions on the future of our community housing sector to be held from 10am – 3pm at St Johns in the City, 170 Willis St, Wellington. We have organised a seminar to discuss the...

How You Can Help the Homeless

Oct 3, 2014 | News

New Zealand Statistics defines homelessness as people living ‘without shelter, people in temporary accommodation, people sharing accommodation and people in uninhabitable housing’. ‘Rough sleeping’ is the term used to describe the most challenging physical experience...