Auckland Council has used the new Development Capacity Model to show a 56% increase in plan enabled dwellings and a 140% increase in dwellings commercially feasible. This means the number of dwellings that are commercially feasible today stands at 154,000 (excluding...
The Child Poverty Action Group is calling for more support to be given to low income whānau to get into healthy and affordable homes. It is launching a campaign to enforce the need for a Warrant of Fitness for rental housing. George Makapatana, who has had 11-years of...
The commission says Cantabrians’ rights to habitable and affordable housing are being breached post-quake. Chief human rights commissioner David Rutherford said the commission had asked the Government to up its accommodation supplement in Christchurch to help people...
Christchurch’s transitional cathedral marked a poignant and uplifting venue for the powhiri at the start of this thought-provoking seminar on Monday 28 July 2014. In his welcome, the kaumatua spoke of the city’s most recent loss – Christchurch City’s Cathedral...
These presentations are now available to view on the CHA-IMPACT Conference website. To find the slide presentations, go to the programme page and select the title of the presentation that you would like to see. The names of presentations that have slides available,...
Register now! AHI Seminar: Business Continuity and Disaster Planning for Housing Providers This seminar to be held 28-29 July 2014 in Christchurch will focus on learning from housing providers and industry professionals who have been responsible for enacting business...
The timing for submitting a completed copy of the Annual Report Template and reporting documents to CHRA will be affected by the date of your AGM: if this was held between 14 April 2014 and 31 July 2014 – information needs to be to CHRA by 31 August 2014 if it...
Base Contracting has started site preparation work for the first stage of a Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust project to build 10 homes on Suffolk St land bordering Jack Reid Park. Read the full Otago Daily Times article (published 19 July 2014) here.
New Zealand’s crippling home affordability rates cannot be fixed by a single solution such as changing immigration policy or urban planning rules, or imposing a capital gains tax or lending ratios. Read the full report by Shamubeel Eaqub, Principal Economist...