26 October: Community Housing Aotearoa annual sector seminar

This is an opportunity to learn more about and provide your thoughts on the actions and measures in the updated Our Place 2016 plan to see all New Zealanders well-housed. Joining us will be economist Shamubeel Eaqub, New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Developments...

Wellington Mayor to establish Housing Task Force

“Planning for that sustained growth and ensuring it is inclusive of all sectors of the community is vital to retain our status as a world-class liveable city. “This is one lesson we can learn from Auckland’s experience. “I will be inviting key representatives from...
September 2016 quarterly social housing register

September 2016 quarterly social housing register

The register provides information on: the number of people on the register and comparison to September 2015 how many people are Priority A or B the most common type of application, eg single adult the most common age group and ethnicity of people applying the number...

Our Place actions

Habitable A step change in the quality of New Zealand housing stock is required. Too much of the existing stock, particularly rental housing stock serving those on the lowest incomes, does not meet objective basic habitability standards. The action required to begin...

Tenancy law change on damage claims being considered

“This review has been prompted by recent court decisions and Tenancy Tribunal rulings, which have sparked confusion over how the Residential Tenancy Act (1986) and the Property Law Act (2007) interact. This is resulting in uncertainty for landlords and tenants, and is...

1,200 home development for South Auckland

The 14-hectare master-planned development in Favona and next to Mangere Bridge, will ultimately become home to approximately 4,000 people. Consisting of a combination of architecturally designed terraced houses as well as apartments, the first stage will focus on the...

Announcement on emergency housing RFP

The process will be by a request for proposal through GETS 18011607 and includes a fast-track option that closes on 31 December 2016 for: those emergency housing providers that were shortlisted through the Emergency Housing Accommodation Request for Proposals released...

Moving to results-based contracts with community investment

The programme is a co-design approach to support the Ministry’s Community Investment Strategy. Over the next nine months, Ākina and MSD will team up with a number of providers and Community Investment Advisors, to work together to develop new results-based contracting...