Co-housing developing around New Zealand
A concept sketch for Dunedin project High Street Cohousing Photo: Supplied by www.architype.co.nz Co-housing involves family homes being built in clusters of up to 35, around shared living spaces, gardens and communal facilities. The concept has existed in some other...The Getting Ready Project – A sector leaders’ forum towards Innovation
Following from the IMPACT Conference in June, colleagues have said to us “to make a bigger difference we have to do things differently”. We need some disruption! We’ve asked Leonie Freeman, leader of Housing Connect and the Auckland Housing Summit to help us get ready...Community housing sector ready to increase social and affordable homes
26 October 2017 Community housing sector ready to increase social and affordable homes New Zealand’s community housing sector welcomes the new Labour-led coalition Government. “We are ready to partner to see ‘all New Zealanders well-housed’,” says Scott Figenshow, CE...
Housing Affordability Taskforce Report released
DEBBIE JAMIESON/STUFF Members of the Queenstown Lakes Mayoral Housing Affordability Taskforce presenting their recommendations: chairman John MacDonald, Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust executive officer Julie Scott, Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult,...Phil Twyford reveals $2b KiwiBuild housing scheme
The just-announced Housing Minister told the NZ Herald how labour, skills and land shortages in the over-stretched, under-delivering, under-resourced high-priced housing market were planned to be resolved by his regime which will change immigration laws and form...Emergency motel stays starting to decline
New figures from the Ministry of Social Development and cited in this Stuff article show that in the last three months $8.96 million was given out to cover short seven-day motel stays for families or individuals in dire need. Figures show 9159 grants made. This is a...Labour coalition Government announces housing platform
In the Labour-Greens confidence and supply agreement, reported here by the Herald, there is a promise to deliver innovative home ownership models within the state and a broader community housing programme. “A rent-to-own scheme or similar progressive ownership...A look at the new Government’s housing policies
Radio New Zealand news post 26 October. The party has promised to build 100,000 homes for first-home buyers in the next 10 years to deal with the housing crisis. Auckland Housing strategist Leonie Freeman told Nine to Noon co-operation between different sectors was...