Feb 15, 2019 | News
The Reserve Bank estimates that for every 100 houses built under the government’s KiwiBuild programme over the next three years, between 50 and 75 other houses may not be built because of capacity constraints. Talking to parliament’s Finance and...
Feb 15, 2019 | News
QLDC Planning and Development General Manager Tony Avery advised these 90-minute focused sessions have come about due to a number of statutory consultations coming up in 2019 which relate to future development in our district’s townships. “Stage Three of the District...
Feb 15, 2019 | News
– Brad Ward – Deputy Chief Executive (DCE) KiwiBuild and Large-Scale Projects Transition at HUD. – Helen O’Sullivan – Head of KiwiBuild Commercial. – Chris Aiken – overall leadership of the work programme regarding the delivery of...
Feb 15, 2019 | News
“Latest house price figures from Quotable Value show the annual growth rate has fallen to 2.9 per cent. This compares to Statistics NZ figures showing wages grew by 3.3 per cent in the year ending December 2018. “This compares to 2016 when house prices rose 16 per...
Feb 15, 2019 | News
Organiser and tiny home owner Sharla May says: “The tiny house scene in New Zealand is gaining momentum as people choose living tiny over living in houses most people can no longer afford. “Tiny living is definitely appealing to a wide audience. It’s becoming popular...
Feb 15, 2019 | News
To better understand homelessness and create a strategy to resolve it, Council staff have worked closely with local schools, health providers, government agencies, people and families who have found themselves homeless, and the social service organisations that work...
Feb 11, 2019 | News
The Times-Age has seen letters to a tenant in a 100sq m house putting the rent up by $15 a week in April last year and $20 a week from March this year to $288 a week. “It’s blimmen shocking, a lot are struggling and it’s going to be soon a lot out on...
Feb 11, 2019 | News
The 720-hectare Peacocke area south of the city officially became part of Hamilton, from the Waipa district, in 1989. From the beginning, and with its close proximity to the city, it was tagged for new housing development. However, the prohibitive cost of...
Feb 11, 2019 | News
A concept rendering of one of the EasyBuild homes which will be built at Wesley Rātā Village in Naenae. The affordable rental homes are part of a development being run by Methodist organisation Wesley Community Action at Wesley Rātā Village in Naenae. The project was...
Feb 8, 2019 | News
When a nation’s flagship housing policy is such a spectacular failure that it makes the New York Times, the minister in charge cannot avoid the international embarrassment. This is the position Housing Minister Phil Twyford now finds himself in. Having arrogantly...
