Pre-budget announcement on Government housing policy

May 19, 2016 | News

“We are currently building around 9,500 houses each year in Auckland – which is the highest rate of house building there in eleven years. “However, we need on average around 13,000 houses each year in Auckland for the next 30 years. “The Government’s very clear...

Te Matapihi search for new manager

May 19, 2016 | News

As the Manager of Te Matapihi you will need to have excellent relationship building skills, with the ability to negotiate and influence at the highest level. You will have an understanding of the Māori housing sector and a desire to see it grow. You will need to be a...

Emerge Aotearoa

May 12, 2016 | Member profiles

Last year these two organisations combined as Emerge Aotearoa with a focus:To provide high quality housing, supports and services that enable people and their whanau in distress due to mental health or addiction issues, disability, trauma, violence, homelessness,...

Spotlight on housing and homeless

May 12, 2016 | Documents

There’s more demand for emergency housing than there has ever been and providers are distressed. And while local communities are coming together to find solutions we’ve only just started to see some leadership from Government. In this article, written in May...

MORE FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING ANNOUNCED

May 9, 2016 | News

Government have announced it will fund , at any one time, 800 emergency housing places around the country- about 3000 emergency housing places across the country each year for the next four years. The Government will provide $41.1 million over the next four years in...

Big ideas to tackle the housing crisis

May 4, 2016 | News

Read more about some of these solutions here. And the Finance Minister, Bill English, suggests a house price-income ratio cap is set by local bodies to ensure councils release the right amount of land to keep housing affordable. Read this one here.

Residential tenancies ammendment update

Apr 27, 2016 | News

Go here to see the minimum requirements for insulation. Go here for minimum requirements for smoke alarms. Progress of theResidential Tenancies Amendment Bill The Social Services Select Committee has considered the Bill and reported back to the House with its...