MBIE’s student renters campaign

Mar 2, 2017 | News

The aim is to inform students of their rights and responsibilities. They want students to know to look for an insulation statement when they sign up for new tenancy agreements and to check their flats for working smoke alarms. The media resources include street...

Figures show Wellington is 3590 homes short of what it needs

Mar 1, 2017 | News

Turning that around will be no easy task. A report that will be tabled at a council meeting this week predicts Wellington will need to build another 21,000 dwellings by 2043. The number of people in Wellington currently on the waiting list for social housing is 303....

Housing First in Auckland

Mar 1, 2017 | Events

Dr. Sam Tsemberis is considered to be the ‘Father of Housing First’ and we are fortunate to have him conduct this workshop. Dr. Sam Tsemberis founded Pathways to Housing in New York in 1992 based on the belief that housing is a human right. At Pathways, Dr. Tsemberis...

Wellington to build 750 new housing units

Feb 27, 2017 | News

It is a part of the city’s housing upgrade programme, set up in December, to tackle a housing shortage in the capital. The first units are already going up on a site in the central suburb of Mt Cook. Mayor Justin Lester said the scheme aimed to avoid a housing...

High cost of emergency housing special needs grant

Feb 27, 2017 | News

Go here to see the figures Newshub interviewed Prime Minister, Bill English on the budget blow out here. Community Housing Aotearoa chief executive Scott Figenshow commented to Radio New Zealand that there was a lack of information about the demand for emergency...

Oasis Network in Hutt Valley receives emergency housing funding

Feb 20, 2017 | News

Operated by Oasis Network Inc, Hillary Court in Naenae will see up to 15 single males at a time housed and provided with wraparound social services to help them get back on their feet. Oasis Network provide services to people who live or work in the Hutt Valley or the...
2 March 2017 CHA newsletter

Newsletter 16 February 2017

Feb 16, 2017 | Newsletters

Bella Paenga and her whanau bought their HNZ home in Tiki Tiki a year ago, “it’s a safe place to call home and not many homes come up for sale here,” Bella says. You’ll also find a link to the request for proposal of Horowhenua District Council housing...