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Housing price to income trigger slammed

Prime Minister John Key's suggestion that Auckland Council could be forced to free up more land for housing whenever homes became unaffordable in the city is already being criticised as misguided and unlikely to help the city's housing woes.

Marae swamped by housing need

Te Puea Marae in Mangere started taking in the homeless last week and so far has found homes for four of the 45 families who have sought help.

Geoff Simmons on ghost houses

Economist Geoff Simmons of the Morgan Foundation talks about the housing crisis and 'ghost' houses to Jessie Mulligan on Radio New Zealand.

Homelessness and emergency housing in the media

Over the last week we've seen a significant amount of media around the experiences of New Zealand's homeless and how emergency housing providers are stretched trying to respond to their needs. It has galvanised public opinion and the country are horrified at what they have learned of the plights of homeless individuals and families and the people trying to find housing for them

Te Matapihi search for new manager

Can you provide the leadership to support the growth and development of the Māori housing sector in Aotearoa New Zealand? Te Matapihi has created a new Manager role that will be based in either the Wellington or Auckland Community Housing Aotearoa office.

Pre-budget announcement on Government housing policy

The Minister of Finance made pre-budget announcements housing policy this week. In his speech, the Finance Minister stated that a principle cause of affordability issues, in Auckland in particular, arise from planning rules set by councils that restrict, delay and raise the cost of development.

Media following the announcement of emergency housing funding

The hidden homeless and costs of the lack of affordable housing are explored in these two media items. TV3's the Nation looks at the current hidden homeless situation in Auckland and Salvation Army talk to Radio New Zealand and say the Government can't continue to ignore the growing numbers of people forced to live in cars, shipping containers and garages.

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Transient population figures a national emergency

"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, and...

Housing Quarterly Report released on 1 February 2018

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,...

​New transitional housing development opens in Napier

Ms Salesa attended the blessing of the final five homes in Maraenui’s Kelvin Place this morning. “This Housing New Zealand development is part of an overall response to address housing needs in Hawke’s Bay,” Ms Salesa says. “The 10 one-bedroom homes in the Kelvin...

Growing waiting list shows need for more public housing

Figures released today for the December 2017 quarter show the total number of people on the public housing waiting list rose 5 per cent to 7,725. The waiting list is now comprised of 6,182 households in need of a state house and a further 1,543 waiting to be...

Fresh take on housing takes on building industry

Founder and CEO Graham Bloxham developed the eco tiny iPod tiny home product to disrupt the building industry by providing a fresh take on ready-to-go, portable and stackable housing. “So many New Zealanders are in need of affordable houses but don’t have access to...

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