Sue McCabe – new CEO of ​Philanthropy New Zealand

Sue will be joining our Wellington-based team from the end of November. Sue has a diverse professional and volunteering background spanning public, not-for-profit and private sectors. She has previously held not-for-profit Chief Executive roles, as well as public...

Council “heartless and hypocritical” over council Housing

The committee is meeting to discuss a proposed $30 loan, at commercial lending criteria, to the Otautahi Community Housing Trust to build 130 new council rental units. This is a heartless policy because it fails to address the housing crisis for low-income tenants and...

Action-Packed Month For New Zealand’s Housing Sector

This month Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities (BBHTC) – Ko ngā wā kāinga hei whakamāhorahora – is sponsoring a number of key events to inform how we deliver affordable, healthy homes, create attractive, functional urban neighbourhoods and build Māori...

10 new KiwiBuild apartments available in Ōtāhuhu

Located at 105 Mason Ave and developed by NZ Living, the two-bedroom turnkey apartments range from 64.9 square metres to 74.9 square metres inclusive of a deck area. Each apartment has a carpark. The apartments are priced between $580,000 and $600,000 and include an...

Porirua regeneration means thousands of new homes

Thousands of families will enjoy new state homes, affordable KiwiBuild and market homes under a plan to revitalise eastern Porirua as the Government continues to tackle the housing crisis. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the plan was the biggest and most ambitious...

REINZ warns letting fee ban could lead to rent increases

In its submission to the Select Committee REINZ, alongside other similar industry bodies, outlined that while banning letting fees will reduce fees upfront, that long term those fees may simply be recuperated by landlords through increased rent which contradicts the...

​Parliament bans letting fees

“Around half of all Kiwis now live in rented homes. This change could put up to $47 million into the pockets of Kiwi families each year. “The law has been changed in time to give tenants a break before we enter the summer rental season when so many tenancies turn...