Monte Cecilia – housing homeless families in Auckland

Originally based in Hillsborough they are now at the centre of Counties Manukau where 110,000 people live in overcrowded housing situations and garages and cars are commonly used as housing options while Auckland rents soar. Increasingly, Monte Cecilia are finding...

Housing older people actually want

Her findings are part of Find the Best Fit, a Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment (CRESA) three-year research programme exploring older people’s desire and capacity to downsize. Go here to read this article in a recent edition of Property...

Salvation Army seek a Director – social housing

They are looking for someone to: lead the newly created social housing programme provide a strategic and operational focus will be based in Wellington The position closes on 16 October. Go here for more information.

Community Housing Aotearoa AGM 26 October – Auckland

Here is the CHA annual report 2016.pdf Nominations for the one position on the CHA Council have closed. We have four nominations, these are: Bernardette Pinnell (Compass Housing New Zealand) view pdf Bernie Smith (Monte Cecilia Housing Trust) view pdf Neil Porteous...
Housing supply data survey – update

Housing supply data survey – update

These responses yielded some exciting results. The 20 community housing organisations who responded provided information on 2,225 homes across New Zealand with an occupancy rate of 98%. We observed great diversity in the types of housing being provided by the sector:...

Kelvin Davis questions Māori housing plan

“The Māori Party pitched the Kainga Whenua scheme as a home-ownership saving’s plan but the Minister of Maori Development has fallen short of his promise and must explain exactly how many Māori lives have actually improved under his watch. “Te Ururoa Flavell must...

Government announces next step for housing infrastructure fund

“The fund, announced in July, gives councils the ability to bring forward infrastructure projects important to increasing housing supply, whether in new greenfield urban areas or in the redevelopment of existing urban areas,” Dr Smith says. “As part of their...

New funding for emergency housing in Auckland

James Liston Hostel will use the funds to increase capacity by five new beds to a total of 40 beds, allow for the provision of specialised rapid intake rooms, additional meeting and activity rooms and much needed renovations to the building itself. Alongside a new...

More emergency housing for Salvation Army

Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett announced last week that Budget 2016 funding, directly targeted at emergency housing, has so far resulted in 30 organisations providing 3032 new and existing emergency places. “I am delighted that the Salvation Army has certainty...