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.
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) supports the recently released Healthy Homes Standards.
The new healthy homes standards to make rental properties warmer and drier were today announced by Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford.
The use of portable cabins is booming as families search for cheaper accommodation options and manufacturers are struggling to keep up with demand.
Following today’s announcement from the Tax Working Group that it recommends the Government introduce a Capital Gains Tax (CGT) from 1 April 2021 at an individual’s marginal tax rate, the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) is questioning whether implementing a CGT will improve long term housing affordability.
A new initiative from The Salvation Army aims to reform the damaging effects of problem debt and fringe lending in low socio-economic areas across New Zealand by providing an ethical shopping alternative.
Major residential developer Mike Greer has partnered with KiwiBuild to build more than 100 KiwiBuild homes in West Auckland and Christchurch – the first for Canterbury, Minister of Housing and Urban Development Phil Twyford has announced.
Listen to this discussion about co-housing on Radio New Zealand.
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An extra 1,658 public housing places have been made available in the past year, the biggest increase in state and community provided housing in a decade, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford announced today.
