Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford is pausing periodic tenancy reviews of public housing tenants while he considers whether the groups of tenants exempt from the process should be widened.
The government's KiwiBuild policy to build 100,000 affordable homes within 10 years has taken a step forward with the announcement it will develop between 3,000 and 4,000 homes on land it will acquire close to the north-western motorway end of the Waterview tunnel, on land currently owned by tertiary education provider Unitec Institute of Technology.
Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford announces purchase of ‘nearly 30ha of prime urban land in the heart of Auckland’ for thousands of new homes.
Community Housing Aotearoa is urging the Government to take advantage of the experts in providing warm, dry affordable homes for New Zealanders – community housing providers.
A new public housing development opens in Mangere today, providing warm, dry and safe homes for five families just in time for winter, Associate Housing and Urban Development Minister Jenny Salesa says.
Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace and local list MP Ginny Andersen say a meeting with Housing Minister Phil Twyford and Housing NZ yesterday is a positive step towards a partnership that could make a real difference for generations of Hutt City residents to come.
Under the Housing Accord and Special Housing Areas Act, Nelson City Council has committed to working with the Government to improve housing supply in the Nelson Region.
Legislation banning the charging of letting fees to tenants has been introduced to Parliament, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford announced today.
Our 19 March 2018 newsletter is below.
If New Zealand is ever to produce enough affordable housing to meet the needs of low and middle income earners, such as service workers, teachers and nurses, it must take action using positive planning and investment.
