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.
Housing crisis - make developers provide affordable housing says one property expert
The pressure is on to give tenants more rights, as increasing numbers of people find themselves renting for longer and later into life.
Peter Jeffries from CORT presented this information to over 150 developers and representatives on options for housing partnership.
In these issues are: Tax Exemption Status for community housing providers, Social Housing Reform (Transaction Mandate) Bill - HNZC stock transfers; and the CHA Contract to support Sector Capability & Capacity.
Tenancy law changes are to include insulation and smoke alarm requirements.
