Volunteers crucial for Auckland homeless count
The count is being organised by providers in the Housing First Auckland collective and its backbone services team with funding from Auckland Council. The count will take place on Monday, 17 September 2018 from 9.30pm to 12.30am. Fiona Hamilton, project manager for...Home ownership dream, a reality for Ngā Potiki families
The formal launch marks the culmination of over twelve months work for Ngā Potiki with their advisers to design the scheme, and over eight months of negotiations with Westpac NZ to finalise the agreement. The scheme is one of only three shared equity housing schemes...Thirty solutions to address Wellington housing
Wellington Mayor Justin Lester says the proposed Housing Strategy – released today – contains 30 solutions that are designed to address the city’s unique housing needs across a spectrum of temporary housing, short- and long-term rentals and home ownership....Overwhelming interest from developers in KiwiBuild
“Our early market testing indicated we would get a healthy response but I did not envision this level of interest. It shows that the people who actually know how to build the homes this country so desperately needs are right behind KiwiBuild,” Phil Twyford said. The...