Housing crisis

Jul 16, 2015 | News

Releasing land and building thousands of new homes won’t solve Auckland’s housing crisis.Laurence Murphy, Professor of Property at the University of Auckland Business School, says such a move will only result in the development sector doing what it has always done...

Increase in number of people renting

Jul 16, 2015 | News

The number of people in their early 30s who own their own home has dropped from half in 2001 to about a third. Read this Radio New Zealand Insight Programme article.

Rental properties made warmer

Jul 13, 2015 | News

The Residential Tenancies Act is to be strengthened with new requirements for insulation, smoke alarms, better enforcement and faster resolution of abandoned tenancies but no warrant of fitness. Read article from the Dominion Post here.

Sticking plaster solution to a problem with charities legislation

Jul 6, 2015 | News

“We have met with Minister Bennett and MBIE officials and are confident they understood that the best solution was to amend the Charities Act as the place where the certainty should be confirmed. Why the rest of cabinet didn’t see it this way when they had...

Joyce eyes Oz link to lure capital

Jul 4, 2015 | News

During his visit to Australia Steven Joyce highlighted the opportunities for investment in New Zealand, including in community housing. You can read the article here.

Glenn Innes Defence Committee

Jul 3, 2015 | News

According to the Glenn Innes Defence committee there is a direct link between the increase in homelessness and the government’s neoliberal housing agenda. Read more here.

New homes in Auckland

Jul 3, 2015 | News

Auckland is to have two new Special Housing Areas (SHAs) that will provide up to 1800 new homes. The two new SHAs are: McLarin Road, Glenbrook: 87 hectares, 800 homes; and Bremner Road, Drury: 68 hectares, at least 1000 homes. Read here