Ken Marchingo on capacity building and the foundations for community housing growth
Come and hear from Ken Marchingo, CEO of Australia’s first registered affordable housing association. Followed with informal networking and discussion. When: Thursday 26 October 9.30 am – 12 noon Where: Ministry of Social Development, The Aurora Conference Centre, 56...He Korowai Trust set up Sweet As trades-training school
Photo: RNZ / Alexander Robertson Radio New Zealand reported that the Sweet-As Academy will take on 20 students a year to train as carpenters and painters. He Korowai Trust has put nine families into renovated state houses on land it owns in Kaitaia, in a rent-to-buy...Mana Wāhine: the Invisible Homeless Mothers of New Zealand
(Photo Naomi Haussman) It’s a miserable Christchurch day, with just a few lunch-break workers sheltering with cigarettes under the awning. Tequilla is at the hangi house in Aranui, sandwiched off the road behind Big Gary’s Fish n Chips and a self-service...Solving housing shortages in Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt Council is looking at ways to increase the housing options in their city. One solution is re-zoning for medium density housing in the centre of the city. On October 10, councillors agreed to consult on a proposal that could see infill, terraced and...
October 5, 2017 Newsletter Community Housing Aotearoa
Included in this newsletter is the Rotorua Lakes Council Request for Expressions of Interest to provide and develop pensioner housing, plus much more Find the newsletter here: 5 October 2017.pdfAuckland Housing Accord ‘dismal failure’ on affordability
In a report from Radio NZ’s Todd Niall the chair of Auckland Council planning committee, councillor Chris Darby, has called the Accord a “dismal failure” in addressing affordability. Mt Roskill Photo: Auckland Council The Housing Accord ran for three years...Phil Goff’s first year
Here’s an excerpt from Todd Niall’s Radio NZ piece The mayor can point to smaller victories. His environmental promise to plant 1,000,000 trees during the term is well underway, as is progress on tackling homelessness. The council’s years-long work...Emergency housing for Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou
Under a new agreement between Te Puni Kokiri (TPK), the principal adviser on the Crown’s relationship with Māori, and Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou, rooms at Te Tini o Porou (formerly the DB Hotel) will be turned into emergency accommodation units. It will provide...