The YIMBY movement fighting back on housing

Mar 1, 2019 | News

It promotes higher density living in cities as the only solution to the chronic shortage of affordable, appropriate housing within reach of jobs and amenities. Listen to the full interview John Myers co-founded the London branch of YIMBY and says the housing problem...

Privatise inspection of new housing developments: Fletcher

Mar 1, 2019 | News

The time it takes to consents and the uncertainty of the consenting process are two major obstacles to housing development, he says. Speaking after joining a panel presentation at a conference in Auckland on residential development, Evans says the process needs to...

Healthy Home Standards means better houses for vulnerable

Feb 26, 2019 | News

This is about saving lives of young children and older people especially, who are made ill by the condition of their homes and die as a result. This is about helping children stay well so they can attend school and improve their education. This is about ensuring those...

The Lifewise Big Sleepout is back

Feb 26, 2019 | News

The event will see businesses, entrepreneurs and community leaders coming together to raise funds that will go towards Lifewise’s work for ending homelessness. Stripped of their creature comforts, Lifewise Big Sleepout participants will battle the elements spending a...

REINZ calls for financial support for landlords

Feb 26, 2019 | News

REINZ is very supportive of the proposed healthy homes standards, but this needs to be implemented in a way that finds a balance for landlords rather than causing them to withdraw from the market given the raft of legislative changes currently in the market. Bindi...

Portable cabins a lifesaver while housing unaffordable

Feb 25, 2019 | News

Aishai Bates-Hill in front of the cabin she has come to call home. Photo: RNZ / Brooke Jenner On a spacious corner section in the south Auckland suburb of Manurewa, Aishai Bates-Hill has found a place to call home at the back of her parents’ property. The...

Healthy Homes Standards welcomed

Feb 25, 2019 | News

Not-for-profit Community Housing Providers have been reinvesting surpluses into maintaining their stock of affordable homes. “The new standards simply bring the rest of the rental stock up to the standard that our sector has been working towards,” says CHA CEO Scott...

​Standards to make homes warm and dry released

Feb 25, 2019 | News

The standards set minimum requirements for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture and drainage, and draught stopping in residential rental properties. They reflect feedback from a wide range of public health experts, stakeholders including landlords, tenants and...

Government Rental Homes Standards: Green Building Council

Feb 25, 2019 | News

“Everyone who wants to fix this, and help make our homes healthy, warm and dry places to thrive in, to build lifelong happy memories in, will welcome this announcement as a much needed shift towards a better, kinder New Zealand. “But today’s announcement is not quite...