Auckland’s Housing Call to Action group has chosen to highlight the plight of “the hidden homeless” during Spotlight on Housing week this week culminating with World Homelessness Day on Saturday 10 October.
In this opinion piece from the Southland Times, 2nd October, the Minister for Social Housing, Paula Bennett, reassures tenants about the transfer of HNZC properties to community housing providers.
Ranga-Bidois whānau papakāinga in Ngāruawahia has opened three new homes for whānau housing.
Minister for Māori Development Te Ururoa Flavell formally launched the Māori Housing Network at the opening of the Ranga-Bidois whānau papakāinga in Ngāruawahia today.
Chris Parker says Mike Hosking has it wrong when he heaps all the blame for soaring house prices on the Auckland Council.
The latest data from Statistics New Zealand showing the annual number of building consents in Auckland at an eight-year high have been welcomed today by Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith.
September 30, 2015 | News Lifewise are urging the government to consider solutions that will end homelessness permanently, rather than temporarily manage the problem, following Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett’s $2 million plan to set up transitional housing for families in Auckland
September 30, 2015 | News Bill English comments: "Housing costs are becoming a larger proportion of incomes – and that matters the most at the bottom end of incomes among people who have few choices."
September 29, 2015 | News Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett said an extra $2 million funding would fund up to 120 places a year for homeless families and individuals, with support to help them find longer-term housing.
September 28, 2015 | News The Government has released a new process for identifying further opportunities for social housing and is seeking requests for information.
