Community housing organisations say the government’s budget initiatives on housing are too timid – and won’t deliver the results needed. “We need to speed up the stock regeneration process for all areas of the country, and ensure the new rent subsidy approach supports...
It creates a ministerial direction power for the Minister responsible for the agency (the Minister for Social Housing) that enables the agency to enter into tailored agreements with social housing providers (Housing New Zealand and registered community housing...
The New Zealand Initiative's latest report, titled Giving Charities a Helping Hand, calls for the Government to provide greater transparency in the charity sector, set clearer rules and processes, and remove the "unfair" tax advantages enjoyed by the for-profit arms...
On 4 April this year new rules came into force under the Health and Safety at Work (asbestos) Regulations which means that if you own or occupy a building which contains asbestos you needed to have a management plan in place. Bindi Norwell, Chief Executive at REINZ...
Proud homeowners Serenity Reti-Huch, back left, her husband Emil Reti-Huch, back right, and their six children Righteous, Matthias, Roman, Legend, and Legacy. Emil and Serenity Reti-Huch, who have six children, bought their two-storey, four-bedroom property in...
Housing New Zealand (HNZ) will be redeveloping its well-known site at 139 Greys Ave in central Auckland. It will be housing more people in a supportive housing environment which will help tenants live more stable and productive lives. HNZ has been working closely with...
Sue Evans outside the newly completed redevelopment of Waterbank Crescent in Auckland’s Waterview. The project was designed by Architectus. Housing New Zealand warmly congratulates its Urban Design Manager, Sue Evans, who on Friday night (9 November) at Te Papa won...
Keith Carney has been a builder in Christchurch for 12 years. He said a few years ago he was booked out up to about a year in advance with five or six jobs on the go but lately he was having to take whatever he could get – even taking jobs he knew he would not...
Rhodes Trust chairperson Glenyss Whitnall cuts the ribbon at the opening of the Rhodes Abbeyfield house. A new 14-studio Abbeyfield house providing affordable rental accommodation for older people was formally opened in Christchurch at the weekend. The Rhodes...