The government is pushing ahead with plans to sell up to 2000 thousand state houses, starting in Tauranga and Invercargill. Listen to the Radio New Zealand interview with Bill English here.
“Improving the quality of social housing is a big priority for this Government, and this maintenance work is a crucial part of Housing New Zealand’s business-as-usual programme to upgrade its properties,” Social Housing Minister, Paula Bennett says.Read more here.
The seminar will focus on learning from housing providers and industry professionals who have been responsible for enacting business continuity and disaster plans and are actively involved in disaster recovery. Program highlights: Canterbury Recovery. Presented by...
The Unit will co-ordinate strategic Māori housing policy across government and support the implementation of He Whare Ahuru He Oranga Tangata – The Māori Housing Strategy. “The establishment of the Māori Housing Unit is another step in the Government’s plan to improve...
In its submission, CHA supports, in principle, the Council’s preferred Option as set out in section 3.2 of the “Reasons for the Proposal”. Read the CHA Submission here
The Community Housing Regulatory Authority (CHRA) website has up to date information on Registration and Regulation for Class 1 Social Landlord CHPs including Performance Standards and Guidelines, reporting requirements and application details for registering as a...
The Bays Community Housing Trust’s latest purpose-built house will be ready for occupancy by 1 September 2014. The house has a Lifemark Rating of 5, designed for ease of use for older people and is also within easy walking distance of shops, community amenities and...
Shamubeel Eaqub is a keynote speaker this morning at Making Community Housing Happen: The Impact Conference being held in Nelson. Read the media release here
At its conference in Nelson today (July 3), Director Scott Figenshow announced to delegates an investment plan on how the $5 billion capital required over five years would be achieved. Read the media release here
Community Housing Federation of Australia executive director Carol Croce says this means that the rental income New Zealand community housing organisations receive ends up being used to pay back the purchase costs, rather than being directed into building more social...
“Matching new land supply with community housing organisations that also receive philanthropic investment and private capital means that the mixed tenure, mixed income community might need less from the government to build the same house.” says Scott Figenshow. He...
Speaking at this week’s Community Housing Aotearoa conference in Nelson, he says the old ways of building homes, house by house and builder by builder have got to go. Stephen Selwood says New Zealand is lagging behind countries such as Australia and Canada where...