Housing Challenge for Older Kiwis

Feb 14, 2018 | News

As the Hon Phil Twyford, Minister of Housing and Urban Development said “The stocktake highlights the increasing number of elderly facing housing-related poverty because fewer and fewer are mortgage free and able to survive on Superannuation alone”. Age Concern New...

Salvation Army report paints picture of growing inequality

Feb 14, 2018 | News

“The failures of the neoliberal policies by successive Governments of the past few decades are highlighted in this report. The supposed growth of GDP has not translated into substantial income growth, with benefit levels only marginally rising by 6% for sole...

Affordable housing for seniors opens in Leeston

Feb 14, 2018 | News

Voluntary efforts spanning more than a decade culminate in the formal opening of Abbeyfield House in Leeston on 10 February 2018. Providing family style accommodation for up to 14 residents, each with their own private studio, the House is the latest Abbeyfield House...

Auckland Housing Summit – 9 February 2018

Feb 13, 2018 | Uncategorised

Housing Minister Phil Twyford, Auckland Deputy Mayor Bill Cashmore and an array of industry, NGO and iwi chief executives met last night to form the group. Listen to the story here.
A Stocktake of New Zealand’s Housing

A Stocktake of New Zealand’s Housing

Feb 12, 2018 | Reports & Articles

I commissioned independent experts to report on the state of housing in New Zealand to provide an additional important contribution that will help inform Government policy decisions. This report assesses the key parts of our housing system; examining market renting,...

​Housing trust completes Riverside Park development

Feb 12, 2018 | News

Last year the Trust completed the construction of 11 new three-bedroom homes on land gifted from Riverside Park developer, Infinity Investment Group. Paul Croft, Chief Executive Officer of Infinity Group, says the 11 sections were part of an agreement with Queenstown...

Transient population figures a national emergency

Feb 9, 2018 | News

“This is the result of decades of punitive sanctions on beneficiaries, selloff of state homes, unliveable incomes and rampant housing speculation. The magnitude of these figures show that the Government will need to do more than simply tinker around the edges,...

Housing Quarterly Report released on 1 February 2018

Feb 9, 2018 | News

We are pleased to see MSD continually improving and strengthening the transparency of the data. There is an open invitation to our sector to identify further opportunities for MSD to improve the reports. You can read the full report here. We note that proportionally,...