With a full audience of 184 people at CHA's annual conference held today in Wellington at Te Wharewaka ki Poneke, the Minister of Social Housing, Paula Bennett, discussed the Government's support of the community housing sector. Here is the speech.
Bennett commented to media at the CHA Conference today that the Government was considering a stand-down period for those who rejected state houses without good reason. She said officials had told her over 400 people turned down properties in the last year for...
The agreement between the Tauranga Moana & Te Puke Housing Consortium and the Masterton Trust House Community Enterprise is the first of its kind in New Zealand and comes at a time before the start of social housing transfers in Invercargill and Tauranga. Read...
More than 220 housing units have had free insulation or thermal curtains installed through the Council–CEA partnership, with that number expected to increase to 500 units before end of June next year. Communities, Housing and Economic Development Committee Chair...
Date: 26 February 2015 Venue: Shed 6, Queens’ Wharf, Wellington Through networking and collaborative workshops we will clear the path for the future, and create sustainable solutions to ensure the end of homelessness. Homelessness is defined as living situations...
“A new FastTrack Resolution service will be available from today to all landlords and tenants to help resolve rent arrears disputes in a faster and more efficient way. A new online system for Tenancy Tribunal applications is also up and running from today, which will...
Even the victims of Glen Innes’ state housing transformation can see the logic behind it. Well, most of them. In Fernwood Place, in GI’s north-east corner, just two Housing NZ tenants remain in a street of 30 state and former state houses. Read the full...
In the second part of the article State houses sitting on goldmine, Simon Collins reports on the Tamaki development, the problems and the plan to help needy families. He speaks with David Zussman, Trust Executive, Monte Cecilia Housing Trust who outlines the...
The Government wants a new approach to social housing, which would see more private providers, such as church groups and iwi, take on vulnerable tenants as the Government sells off thousands of homes. Housing New Zealand (HNZ) confirmed to the Nelson Mail there are...
We understand the position of the NZ Disability Support Network and Disabled Person’s Organisations has not yet been ready to support this technical solution until proper consultation from government occurs. This effort has also built common ground with Housing New...
Member organisations are: Accessible Properties Auckland Community Housing Trust Bays Community Housing Trust CORT Community Housing (Community of Refuge Trust) Habitat for Humanity Auckland Keys Social Housing LIFEWISE and the Airedale Property Trust Monte Cecilia...
The mixed tenure community will house 282 low and below median income households. It demonstrates the strength of a community focused, collaborative approach to providing affordable rental and home ownership options. The $120M project is the most ambitious yet...