Thriving communities are those that people want to live in. These are communities that have a strong, positive identity that recognise and value diversity. People who live in these communities have access to quality services, transport and schools. Businesses thrive...
Building homes you can afford in places you need to be Auckland’s population has risen by about 90,000 in the past couple of years. That’s equal to the population of Invercargill and Whanganui combined. And with the average house price in Auckland now close to a...
They were joined by others from New Zealand (see the photo below) and heard from communities across Canada that are implementing Housing First and learnt about their successes and challenges. This learning will be invaluable as we implement Housing First across...
The $303.6 million package, over this financial year and the next four, is made up of: $120 million in capital funding to build, buy or lease properties suitable for emergency housing. $100 million of this will be as a loan to HNZ. $71 million in rental subsidies....
Paula Bennett said “This Bill ensures the Government can be clear and transparent in transferring HNZ properties to the community sector. Combined with the guaranteed income stream through the Income Related Rent Subsidy, transferring properties gives them capital and...
The council has housing stock of 115 units across eight complexes throughout the District.If Council decides to no longer provide pensioner housing, it would then seek expressions of interest from Community Housing Providers. Read more here. Horowhenua District Mayor...
In our first article we looked at the significant upgrade programme that Wellington City Council have entered into for their housing stock. You can find this article here. Our second article looks at the current trends happening across the country by looking at the...
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...
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...
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...
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...