​Community housing project at former Wesleyhaven Village

Dec 13, 2018 | News

Wesley Community Action is delighted to announce that it has signed an agreement with Masterton prefabricated home provider EasyBuild to build 25 affordable rental homes at the former Wesleyhaven Village in Naenae. The homes will be made available to applicants on the...

Proper app launches free background check feature

Dec 13, 2018 | News

The free screening tool is connected to three national databases with over ten years of records. After gaining the tenant’s approval, owners only need to input the tenant’s full name, date of birth, email address, and mobile number to conduct a search. Once these...

Why this year’s Christmas is different for City Mission

Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorised

The Mission is currently meeting the needs of homeless and vulnerable Aucklanders out of our temporary home in Union St in the CBD while construction work gets under way for HomeGround, our transformational new facility at our Hobson Street site. Auckland City...

Completed Waimahia housing development celebrated

Dec 10, 2018 | News

“This $112 million Waimahia housing development is a wonderful success story and a huge credit to the community housing sector and iwi partners. It has delivered 295 genuinely affordable homes for modest and lower income families in a beautiful new coastal...

​Chatbot to help renters released today

Dec 10, 2018 | News

“Rentbot” makes information about tenancy law more accessible to the over 2.9 million people in New Zealand who use Facebook. Rentbot is a free digital assistant to answer questions about renting, and the rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords. It can be...

Q+A: Housing Minister Phil Twyford interviewed by Corin Dann

Dec 10, 2018 | News

Phil Twyford told the Q+A programme that while he knows that CEO Stephen Barclay is not at work, he won’t comment on the issue further than that. He says it’s a matter relating to an individual public servant and it wouldn’t be right for him as the Minister to comment...

Wellington to expand affordable apartment model

Dec 7, 2018 | News

Earlier this year, the Council entered a 15-year agreement with a local property development company to convert the former Freemason House on Willis Street, into 35 apartments, called Te Kāinga Aroha. Council will lease the quality one-, two- and three-bedroom...

​ Kiwi start-up launches high-tech healthy homes monitoring

Dec 7, 2018 | News

A New Zealand start-up has launched a low cost, high-tech home environmental monitoring system that is already helping landlords like Housing New Zealand mitigate health risks to tenant families from common but deadly ailments like asthma and rheumatic fever. New...

​Supporting Māori into home ownership

Dec 4, 2018 | News

Te Tihi o Ruahine Whānau Ora Alliance based in Palmerston North is holding an information evening tonight about their home ownership trial that is part of a nationwide programme called Te Ara Mauwhare. “Te Ara Mauwhare is an opportunity to look at innovative...