Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says many New Zealanders are shocked and saddened by the number of families being forced to live in cars and garages this winter. “We want to hear from those families and the agencies working with them about the best ways to...
CHA, which represents community housing providers throughout New Zealand, is responding to the Government’s quick delivery of funding to respond to growing needs for emergency housing. The process allows for a fast-track approval of $1.9 million to support 17 current...
Labour’s plan has three main elements: • An Affordable Housing Authority that will cut through red tape to deliver large-scale master-planned communities • 100,000 new affordable homes for first home buyers, with 50% in Auckland • A tax on speculators by extending the...
The request has disclosed the advice Cabinet received on whether, and how, it could proceed with such a review. It appears that in 2012 the advice recommended a targeted review of the ‘charitable purpose’ definition (and related issues) as the most appropriate course...
If the proposal is accepted by the Council and community housing groups such as the Salvation Army, it would make City Council social housing significantly more affordable for tenants by attracting access to the income related rent subsidy (IRRS). Read more here and...
The report shows Auckland’s housing shortage could last for more than a decade and will get worse before it gets better.One scenario shows the shortage in ten years’ time may be little changed from today’s estimated 15,000 dwellings. Read more about...
For 19 people in West Auckland, home is living and sleeping on the streets of Waitakere. Their story, and the circumstances of their life, are captured in the latest report of the Salvation Army: “Hard Times”. The report details how uncomfortable life is for this...
Residential building in Auckland is at its strongest in a decade with 8300 consents for the latest year – an increase of 21 per cent on the previous year. “This is the fourth consecutive year of over 20 per cent growth and is the strongest sustained increase in...
Social Housing Minister, Paula Bennett, says up to 21 young people, aged 16-19 years, who are on the social housing register, will have this housing available to them for as long as they need it. The service has commenced in Palmerston North and Christchurch....
The trust operates four housing assistance programmes: shared ownership, rent saver and affordable rentals, as well as their starter loan (housing bonds) programme. Read more about this innovative housing provider here.
The social housing register is the number of eligible applicants for social housing properties or transfers between social housing properties at a given point in time.The Minister commented that the June 2015 quarterly figures showed the number of applications on the...
The Auckland Council Development Capacity Model 2015 calculates how many houses the market is likely to build under the PAUP planning controls. It estimates approximately 64,000 additional dwellings could be developed under today’s market conditions within the...