308 new social houses for Christchurch

Jul 31, 2017 | News

“In addition to the 163 houses we built over the last eight months, the Government is investing another $46.3 million into 145 new social houses in Greater Christchurch. It brings our total to $98.3 million for 308 new social houses for those in need,” Ms Adams says....

​Honouring our colleague Natalie Jameson

Jul 27, 2017 | News

She had a vast amount of experience in housing that included: working in community housing in New South Wales and Victoria; community development and tenant participation experience in New Zealand’s community housing sector, state housing experience in New Zealand and...

​Shamubeel Eaqub is angry

Jul 27, 2017 | Documents

“We know the answer in a housing crisis is pretty simple – build more houses. But more specifically, we need to build more social and affordable housing. We’re pretty good at building large and expensive houses – we’ve got plenty of those, and that’s the problem.”...

​Ministry of Social Development building its new team

Jul 27, 2017 | News

Have a look at the open positions here. There are three components to the new structure. Hayley Hamilton, GM Strategic Management and Planning, is leading the forward-looking work across government’s social housing reform programme, including change management,...

Hui E! election focus

Jul 25, 2017 | News

You can – Use this document for some ideas to put on the agenda when you meet your local MP or candidates, Write to candidates in advance of a meeting and ask them to come prepared to comment on your ideas, Use this document as a checklist for what sort of...

Reflections from the UK – part two

Jul 25, 2017 | News

Faced with a housing crisis the United Kingdom has its 15th Housing Minister since 2000 and Brexit is set to dominate the bureaucratic resources of government. In the recent UK election housing tenure was seen as an influential guide to voting and not surprisingly,...
Report on household incomes in New Zealand

Report on household incomes in New Zealand

Jul 25, 2017 | Research

This are pages 21 to 24 of ” The material wellbeing of NZ households: overview and key findings from the 2017 Household Incomes Report and the companion report using non-income measures (the 2017 NIMs Report) Prepared by Bryan Perry Ministry of Social...

Social housing waiting list figures increase

Jul 24, 2017 | News

The increase appears to be driven by demand in Auckland and Christchurch, where a combined 250 people were added to the list since March. After the last quarter’s results were released in April, Social Housing Minister Amy Adams noted that growth in demand had...