MBIE have recommended that community housing providers consider implementing policies and procedures for the identification and treatment of methamphetamine contamination for properties in your portfolios. Consideration should also be given to the development of policies and processes for keeping staff and tenants safe in such circumstances. In this regard, Emerge Aotearoa has been leading the way in developing policies for the testing and treatment of methamphetamine contamination. To assist you in developing your own policies in this area, Emerge Aotearoa has kindly agreed to share these policies with the sector.
Auckland leaders call for action by government: Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse wants a “use it or lose it” clause for Special Housing Area developers and restrictions on investor lending, while Tamaki Collective Chair Paul Majurey says government should require 50-60 percent affordable housing built on released Crown land.
Over the last week public concern at the plight of many of New Zealand's homeless galvanised many in Auckland to come together for one evening to experience what hundreds of rough sleepers endure every night. An army of empathy, up to 1000 strong, they shared jokes and hot chocolates at the Mangere Town Centre in South Auckland, where homelessness is reaching a crisis point.
The Prime Minister John Key says the government's relocation grant for Aucklanders in social housing enables them to move somewhere that 'suits their lifestyle'. But David Zussman from CHA talks about the demand for community housing in Auckland.
In this article macro-economist, Shamubeel Eaqub, talks about the role of local authorities in the provision of social housing.
The Minister for Social Housing recently announced $41.1 million over four years for emergency housing. This will mean emergency housing provision will be funded in a different way.
Last month the Auckland Rough Sleepers Initiative conducted its 10th street count and found numbers have increased.
At least one in every 100 New Zealanders were homeless at the latest census in 2013, compared with 1 in 120 in 2006, and 1 in 130 in 2001, say University of Otago, Wellington (UOW) researchers.
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.
The Government has put on hold the sale of Housing New Zealand homes in Invercargill after PACT pulls out of the process.
