CHA-IMPACT conference venue change

Jun 12, 2014 | Events

Given the level of interest in the CHA-IMPACT conference, we have now moved to Rutherford Hotel as the conference venue. The hotel is located in the centre of Nelson, close to shops and restaurants. If you have already booked accommodation at Trailways or De Lorenzos,...

CHA-IMPACT Conference Update!

Jun 6, 2014 | Events

John Park, the newly appointed Director for the Establishment Unit will be speaking on 4 July 2014. Mahi Paurini of MBIE and Victoria Kingi of the Strategy’s Advisory Board will be with us on Friday morning to present the National Maori Housing Strategy. On Friday...

Share your success

Jun 6, 2014 | Events

Find out more about booking your 2m by 1m poster display board at the conference: Member_Projects.pdf Email [email protected] to book your space. We look forward to seeing your projects at the CHA-IMPACT Conference!

New tax-exempt status available for Community Housing Entities

Jun 3, 2014 | News

This is the long-awaited solution to the decision by the Charities Commission in 2009 ruling that helping people to buy their own home through shared ownership is outside the domain of a charity and subject to tax. We were quick to welcome the announcement that there...

Community Housing Aotearoa welcomes new housing entity

May 28, 2014 | News

Finance Minister Bill English and Housing Minister Dr. Nick Smith have today announced the establishment of a new entity to grow and diversify the social housing market. The Establishment Unit will look at how, and on what terms, transfers of HNZC stock to community...

CHA membership growing

May 27, 2014 | News

City Housing, Christchurch City Council http://www.ccc.govt.nz Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust in Wellington http://www.pnbst.maori.nz/ Recovery Solutions Property Trust in Auckland www.recoverysolutions.co.nz Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga in Hastings...

Budget 2014

May 26, 2014 | News

What do we say? We’ll start with the positives. CHA applauds the government for allocating $75m to assist Christchurch to rebuild its housing. But we already knew that. We are all disappointed that this budget seems to have missed several opportunities. Are there more...