Transfer of social housing in Tauranga and Invercargill

Nov 23, 2015 | News

Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are sort from organisations or consortia that can demonstrate the following: • effective approaches for interacting with and supporting social housing tenants • capability to enhance links across community-based social services to...
New book out on New Zealand’s housing crisis

New book out on New Zealand’s housing crisis

Nov 23, 2015 | Reports & Articles

Over the past twenty-five years, the quality and affordability of New Zealand housing has declined drastically, says Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman. Short-sighted and discriminatory housing policies have resulted in a society in which the poor and needy are...

New Zealand Housing Foundation has a busy year

Nov 23, 2015 | News

With 385 homes built to date, another 391 homes will be built over the next few years. But it’s not just a numbers game. The outcomes for the families the Housing Foundation work with are what keeps them reinvesting in more community housing, whether it be through...
Invisible in the supercity

Invisible in the supercity

Nov 18, 2015 | Research

“The social housing needed by these people is not currently available in sufficient quantity and present Government actions are not delivering sufficient affordable homes,” says the Salvation Army. For families without housing, it is common for them to be...

100th home completed at Waimahia

Nov 18, 2015 | News

In Manurewa in south Auckland, Waimahia’s key focus is to provide high quality housing within an affordable price range. The development will ultimately yield around 280 new dwellings and sites and is scheduled for completion by 2017. It features a mix of housing...

The people’s project houses the homeless

Nov 18, 2015 | News

The People’s Project has housed 127 people in just over a year and aims to end homelessness in the city by the end of 2016. The project began last September and have housed 127 people including a key group of 40 to 50 who were living on the street with nowhere...

Cabinet approves changes on social housing register

Nov 11, 2015 | News

The changes include: • Reducing from three to one the number of times a person can decline a home without a good and sufficient reason before they are removed from the social housing register. • Where reasonable, requiring people on the social housing register to name...

Hikoi for homes planned

Nov 11, 2015 | Events

Visit www.hikoiforhomes.co.nz for the latest information on transport, times and locations. Hear Coalition spokesperson: Sue Bradford’s comments on National Radio here.

Papakainga developmnent guide

Nov 4, 2015 | Documents

Recognising that papakainga development is a difficult and complex process for whanau, this guide clearly defines the process and provides whanau with a resource to support them to realise their papakainga aspirations. The guide is based on the Māori philosophical...