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​Home consents hit 44-year high

A total of 33,576 new homes were consented in the year ended January 2019, the highest number of new homes consented in a year since early 1975, Stats NZ said today.

The Lifewise Big Sleepout is back

The 2019 Lifewise Big Sleepout will take place on New Zealand’s iconic Eden Park, on one of the coldest, longest nights of winter – Thursday 20th June, 2019.

REINZ calls for financial support for landlords

Following yesterday’s announcement from Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford, REINZ is calling for the Government to consider providing landlords with financial support to help meet the costs of complying with the new healthy homes standards to make rental properties warmer and drier.

Government Rental Homes Standards: Green Building Council

Responding to today’s government announcement about the healthy homes standards, intended to raise the all-too-often poor quality of New Zealand’s rental homes, Andrew Eagles, head of the Green Building Council, said: “Far, far too many New Zealanders live in homes that just aren’t good enough, that are unhealthy. Too many of our children are ending up in hospital due to terrible, unacceptable housing.