No emergency housing funding spent yet

Feb 17, 2016 | News

Listen to the Radio New Zealand news report here. Documents obtained by Labour show the Government was warned emergency housing was underfunded, unfair and unaccountable – just days before giving an utterly inadequate $2 million extra for more such accommodation, says...
CHA submission on residential tenancies regulations

CHA submission on residential tenancies regulations

Feb 15, 2016 | Submissions

This submission reinforced CHA’s previous submission last month on RTA amendment Bill with the following key points: The proposed regulations, whilst a step in the right direction, do not take advantage of the opportunity to address shortcomings that have permitted a...

QV house price index

Feb 11, 2016 | News

However, nationwide values have risen 12.6% over the past year and 0.7% over the past three months. They are now 34.2% above the previous market peak of late 2007. The average value nationwide is now $556,206. When adjusted for inflation the nationwide annual increase...

Riverside Gardens not the dream sub-division residents hoped for

Feb 9, 2016 | News

Providing a mixture of social, state and low-cost housing, Riverside Gardens is a joint project between Housing New Zealand, developer City Living, and a number of community housing groups. It was promoted as the first of its kind nationwide and an example of...

Wellington City Council housing

Feb 4, 2016 | News

A number of local authorities are partner members of CHA and we look forward to strengthening the opportunities that community housing organisations and councils can work together to create. Read the article here on Wellington City Council housing upgrade. It is part...
Housing multi-generational families

Housing multi-generational families

Feb 3, 2016 | Research

The findings from a BRANZ-funded study of MGHs are contained in a recently released BRANZ research report, Meeting the housing needs of multi-generational households, authored by Dr Penny Lysnar and Associate Professor Ann Dupuis. The researchers examined census data...

Housing situation reaching new low

Feb 2, 2016 | News

Will Matthews, president of the Auckland University Students’ Association, said sex-for-rent was the “shocking” reality struggling students were facing in today’s unaffordable rental market. Last year, the average weekly rent in Auckland hit...

What does the year hold

Feb 2, 2016 | News

This includes some of the key events and submission processes to be aware of. Go here to see more.