Auckland Mayor Len Brown and Housing Minister Nick Smith have this morning joined the local community in the Tamaki area of Auckland to take the first physical step in the regeneration of the area in which 16,000 people live.
The Human Rights Commission has called on the Government to sort out Christchurch’s ‘‘inadequate’’ housing situation, which it says is falling below international standards.
Construction of the first stage of a community rental housing project in Arrowtown has begun.
Social welfare groups have told a housing forum that Christchurch is a gold mine for landlords, and the rental market has gone from supply and demand to supply and greed.
More than 150 delegates will meet in Nelson next week to tackle the community housing sector's leading issues.
Housing Minister Nick Smith hopped into a digger this morning to begin work on the site where three new Nelson community houses will be built.
CHA-IMPACT conference presenter Carol Croce, Executive Director Community Housing Federation of Australia, speaks to Newstalk ZB's Michael Sergel.
Latest inequality figures released today show that income inequality has increased again in 2013: the incomes of the lowest half of income earners are going nowhere, having seen no increase in the past five years, while the top half have increased their incomes.
Associate Minister of Housing Tariana Turia has announced the establishment of a National Māori Housing Unit within the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE).
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