The government is pushing ahead with plans to sell up to 2000 thousand state houses, starting in Tauranga and Invercargill. Listen to the Radio New Zealand interview with Bill English here.
“Improving the quality of social housing is a big priority for this Government, and this maintenance work is a crucial part of Housing New Zealand’s business-as-usual programme to upgrade its properties,” Social Housing Minister, Paula Bennett says.Read more here.
The Summit will showcase leading thinking on sustainability in the residential built environment and consider how the issues of affordability can be addressed without compromising on housing quality and sustainability. With international keynote speakers, case...
In his pre-conference media release, CHA Director Scott Figenshow says that it is a crucial time for the sector to focus on addressing the challenge of how to provide community housing for New Zealanders in most need. “We know we need 20,000 houses for people in need...
Congratulations to Accessible Properties New Zealand Ltd on successfully achieving Accreditation through Global-Mark! Accessible join CORT Community Housing (Community of Refuge Trust) Housing Trust in being the first two NZ community housing organisations to attain...
Contains information on the social housing reform programme, housing affordability and housing supply in Canterbury. Read the report 2014-2015 Estimates for Vote Housing here
Congratulations to CHA member Shepherd’s Rest who have been presented with a cheque for $15,000 by Palmerston North based UCOL’s Faculty of Trades and Technology. The money was raised through the sale of a charity house built by UCOL students....
Given the level of interest in the CHA-IMPACT conference, we have now moved to Rutherford Hotel as the conference venue. The hotel is located in the centre of Nelson, close to shops and restaurants. If you have already booked accommodation at Trailways or De Lorenzos,...
John Park, the newly appointed Director for the Establishment Unit will be speaking on 4 July 2014. Mahi Paurini of MBIE and Victoria Kingi of the Strategy’s Advisory Board will be with us on Friday morning to present the National Maori Housing Strategy. On Friday...
Find out more about booking your 2m by 1m poster display board at the conference: Member_Projects.pdf Email [email protected] to book your space. We look forward to seeing your projects at the CHA-IMPACT Conference!
This is the long-awaited solution to the decision by the Charities Commission in 2009 ruling that helping people to buy their own home through shared ownership is outside the domain of a charity and subject to tax. We were quick to welcome the announcement that there...