The Times-Age has seen letters to a tenant in a 100sq m house putting the rent up by $15 a week in April last year and $20 a week from March this year to $288 a week. "It's blimmen shocking, a lot are struggling and it's going to be soon a lot out on the street," one...
A concept rendering of one of the EasyBuild homes which will be built at Wesley RÄtÄ Village in Naenae. The affordable rental homes are part of a development being run by Methodist organisation Wesley Community Action at Wesley RÄtÄ Village in Naenae. The project was...
The 720-hectare Peacocke area south of the city officially became part of Hamilton, from the Waipa district, in 1989. From the beginning, and with its close proximity to the city, it was tagged for new housing development. However, the prohibitive cost of...
When a nationâs flagship housing policy is such a spectacular failure that it makes the New York Times, the minister in charge cannot avoid the international embarrassment. This is the position Housing Minister Phil Twyford now finds himself in. Having arrogantly...
Trust House boss Allan Pollard said Trust House would borrow $15m to $17m for the plan that could solve the housing crisis in the region. He is disappointed nothing has happened over âmonths and monthsâ of talks and that the Government is looking at âlining the...
Te Puni KĆkiri MÄori Housing Network has invested $1.025m to repair 31 whare in the region over the past year. They have completed 125 repairs region-wide since the MÄori Housing Network began in early 2016. âThe impact on whÄnau is that they are feeling more...
âThe community housing sector has always been about taking innovative approaches when old models have failed. We share Prime Minister Ardernâs frustration at the lack of progress in achieving her governmentâs vision for housing. âThe community housing sector now looks...