New survey shows substandard rental accommodation

New survey shows substandard rental accommodation

Aug 3, 2017 | Research

The latest HRV State of the Home Survey, conducted by research company Buzz Channel, has found 66 per cent of renters said their landlord either didn’t respond, failed to fix a problem, or “kind of made some effort to remedy an issue” they brought to their attention....

Queenstown Lakes Housing Taskforce determined to meet challenge

Aug 3, 2017 | News

In April the Council announced the new taskforce formed by Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult, tasked to investigate new ways of addressing housing availability and affordability in the district. Four months on the taskforce is reporting considerable...

Auckland Housing Accord reviewed

Aug 3, 2017 | News

Overall, the council met the target for 39,000 sites and dwellings consented within the three year period of the Accord. To date 5,527 dwellings issued with building consents and 3,105 dwellings have been completed within SHAs as of June 2017. Councillor Chris Darby,...

Auckland property developer to build 500 social rentals

Aug 2, 2017 | News

500 social rental homes will be built over the next seven years. Photo: 123RF Ted Manson has started construction of what he hopes will become 500 social rental homes in Auckland over the next seven years, in deals that also involve maintenance of the apartment...

308 new social houses for Christchurch

Jul 31, 2017 | News

“In addition to the 163 houses we built over the last eight months, the Government is investing another $46.3 million into 145 new social houses in Greater Christchurch. It brings our total to $98.3 million for 308 new social houses for those in need,” Ms Adams says....

​Honouring our colleague Natalie Jameson

Jul 27, 2017 | News

She had a vast amount of experience in housing that included: working in community housing in New South Wales and Victoria; community development and tenant participation experience in New Zealand’s community housing sector, state housing experience in New Zealand and...

​Shamubeel Eaqub is angry

Jul 27, 2017 | Documents

“We know the answer in a housing crisis is pretty simple – build more houses. But more specifically, we need to build more social and affordable housing. We’re pretty good at building large and expensive houses – we’ve got plenty of those, and that’s the problem.”...

​Ministry of Social Development building its new team

Jul 27, 2017 | News

Have a look at the open positions here. There are three components to the new structure. Hayley Hamilton, GM Strategic Management and Planning, is leading the forward-looking work across government’s social housing reform programme, including change management,...