Landlords appear to be upgrading properties ahead of a July deadline for mandatory insulation, but not quickly enough to clear a backlog projected by the government.
The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) will invest up to $100 million to help unlock the economic potential of whenua Māori and build prosperity in our regions, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones have announced today.
Mayor Lianne Dalziel opened the Louisson Place development in Opawa on 30 January 2019 with the OCHT team and board members, stakeholders, contractors and the community.
Following yesterday’s announcement from the Housing Minister, Phil Twyford, that the year one KiwiBuild target has been scrapped, the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) is calling for a new target to be announced.
A few weeks ago, we saw the blessing of the final homes to be occupied at the Waimahia housing development. Five years of collective effort has transformed 16ha of green pasture at Weymouth into a 1200 strong community living in 295 homes.
A Crown-Iwi partnership is being explored that could form a significant part of the solution to Wellington’s housing woes, with an MoU being signed between mana whenua and the government that is investigating the potential for affordable homes built on the site.
Accessible Properties (APNZL) shares the concerns of Community Housing advocates that the current Government policy to sign-up for-profit developers as public housing providers is a recipe for disaster.
The present Government has no greater task than the need to restore home-ownership to a socially desirable level. The previous Government's greatest mistake was to tolerate hyper-inflation of housing for too long.
Government won’t get the skilled construction industry employees it needs for KiwiBuild and other long term housing projects while its tertiary education framework treats trades qualifications as second class citizens.
Building and Housing Minister Phil Twyford has set a goal of 6400 new state houses in the next four years - and he wants non-profit groups to build 30 per cent of them.
