Double garages, big decks on list of banned features in draft Government policy for subsidised rent properties.
Nelson City Council today agreed to commence negotiations to enter into a Housing Accord with the Minister of Building and Housing Hon Dr Nick Smith.
In a speech today, Finance Minister Bill English announced the governments plans for around 7,500 new homes in Tāmaki over the next decade.
"I've got no rooms available, no beds. The reality is that the demand for emergency housing far exceeds supply in Auckland - Island Child Charitable Trust's Danielle Bergin.
It's moving in day for Jeanine Brunwin and her 3-month-old twins.The young mother is one of three tenant families who were unlocking the doors of brand new homes in Nelson's Kawai St today.
The Government's social housing policy is in action with the demolition of a block of three state houses in Orchard St, Stoke, which could be the start of a regeneration of the area.
The director of the largest social housing trust in the Nelson Tasman area says regional New Zealand is once again being overlooked in favour of Auckland and Christchurch.
A community housing provider has told the Government that it won't buy state houses when they're put up for sale this year unless the price is zero.
Monte Cecilia Housing Trust's David Zussman and Clare Aspinall from Te Kainga Oranga comment.
