Auckland Council has used the new Development Capacity Model to show a 56% increase in plan enabled dwellings and a 140% increase in dwellings commercially feasible. This means the number of dwellings that are commercially feasible today stands at 154,000 (excluding...
The Child Poverty Action Group is calling for more support to be given to low income whānau to get into healthy and affordable homes. It is launching a campaign to enforce the need for a Warrant of Fitness for rental housing. George Makapatana, who has had 11-years of...
Base Contracting has started site preparation work for the first stage of a Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust project to build 10 homes on Suffolk St land bordering Jack Reid Park. Read the full Otago Daily Times article (published 19 July 2014) here.
New Zealand’s crippling home affordability rates cannot be fixed by a single solution such as changing immigration policy or urban planning rules, or imposing a capital gains tax or lending ratios. Read the full report by Shamubeel Eaqub, Principal Economist...
The ceremony was held in conjunction with this week’s Community Housing Aotearoa conference in Nelson which will focus on the provision of social and affordable housing. Read the full Nelson Mail article here.
Housing costs are also having a huge impact on people’s incomes, says New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) policy advisor Paul Barber. Half of all the people receiving the accommodation supplement are paying more than 50% of their income in rental...
The seminar will focus on learning from housing providers and industry professionals who have been responsible for enacting business continuity and disaster plans and are actively involved in disaster recovery. Program highlights: Canterbury Recovery. Presented by...
The Unit will co-ordinate strategic Māori housing policy across government and support the implementation of He Whare Ahuru He Oranga Tangata – The Māori Housing Strategy. “The establishment of the Māori Housing Unit is another step in the Government’s plan to improve...
In its submission, CHA supports, in principle, the Council’s preferred Option as set out in section 3.2 of the “Reasons for the Proposal”. Read the CHA Submission here