Here is a summary of the feedback from CHA members on the ACHP Network letter regarding Australian CHO's pitching their interest in New Zealand's state housing stock.
What happened to a review of the Charities Act? Thanks to our colleagues at Hui E for completing an Official Information Act request that you can read here.
Wellington City Council will meet today to consider the benefits of partnering with local community housing providers to manage WCC housing.
An article in the New Zealand Herald on August 7 highlights the success of Housing First for housing the homeless.
Supported accommodation has been established for up to 21 young people.
Letters have gone out to community housing providers from Charities Services, dated 23 July, indicating that their activities are being reviewed. The letters are titled “Duty to Assist – Section 51 Charities Act 2005” and stipulate a time-frame of 28 August 2015 for an initial response.
The Our Auckland publication has released an article about how the Auckland city council works with community housing to create affordable housing.
Scoop columnist and political economist Keith Rankin looks at the issue of the increasing numbers of empty homes in Auckland.
In this interview Smith commits to improving the Auckland housing shortage – estimated by the Productivity Commission to be 32,000 and growing – by the next election.
Peter Jeffries from CORT presented this information to over 150 developers and representatives on options for housing partnership.
