Christmas arrived early for Clarke St residents

Dec 3, 2014 | News

Chris Johnstone, Tauranga Community Housing Trust Manager says the new homes will bring much joy to these Gate Pa residents and families who will now be settled before Christmas. “Modern, affordable and warm dry housing for over 20 people with a serious housing need...

Innovative approach to building new affordable homes in Auckland

Dec 3, 2014 | News

CHA Director Scott Figenshow says the council’s support of the new Auckland Housing Bonds is two-fold. It will act as guarantor to the community housing sector to raise money to build affordable homes in Auckland. It will also provide half of the $400,000 in seed...

Auckland Council’s initiative to increase affordable housing

Dec 3, 2014 | News

The council’s guarantee will provide greater confidence to bond investors, and enable cheaper and more favourable loan terms to be offered to community housing providers, boosting the supply of affordable housing in Auckland. This could reduce the cost of homes by up...

Council wants more Government help with homelessness

Dec 2, 2014 | News

The briefing paper asks the Government to recognise homelessness as a significant national issue and to take a multi-sector approach to addressing both the short and long term issues facing the voluntary sector that supports the homeless. Read more on Scoop...

Why we must break the cycle

Dec 1, 2014 | News

We can all agree with Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett when she said in October that “it is not suitable for families to have to sleep in caravans, cars, garages or caravan parks”. It’s more than that – it’s unacceptable. But what...

Pensioner Units to Be Sold to Social Housing Providers

Nov 28, 2014 | News

After considering community feedback, the Council agreed that the pensioner housing units will not be sold on the open market, and instead only be offered for sale to social housing providers. Conditions of any sale will be that existing tenants are able to remain...

Increase in housing costs outpaces household income

Nov 28, 2014 | News

The latest Household Economic Survey (Income) shows average annual household income rose 9.1 percent in the two years to June 2014, from $81,227 to $88,579. In the same period, average household weekly spending on housing costs rose 11.1 percent, from $256 to $284....