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Auckland relocation grant to end

The Auckland relocation grant will be stopped after increasing state house waiting lists in other towns and cities showed it was just moving housing pressure to other parts of New Zealand, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford announced on 18 December.

Building housing in Auckland

This article from Steve Evans of The Herald looks at the challenges of building in Auckland and acknowledges that the key to tackling this issue is getting public, private and community sectors working effectively together.

Cost of building a home in NZ continues to rise

The latest QV costbuilder report shows the average cost of building a new home in six of New Zealand’s main centres rose on average by 2.7% in the year to October 2017 and has risen 27.4% since the previous peak of 2007. This is faster than the annual rise of 2.1% in the year to October 2016, but slower than the annual rise of 3.5% seen in the year to May 2017, suggesting the rate of increase in the sector is affected by the slowing of the Christchurch region.

KiwiBuild unit set up in MBIE

An interim KiwiBuild Unit within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment jhas been set up while the legislation to establish the Housing Commission is developed.

Housing New Zealand will not be restructured

Housing Minister Phil Twyford, left, has decided not to restructure Housing New Zealand. Labour Housing Minister Phil Twyford said in Government he has realised that the social housing provider is already moving in the right direction, and that a restructure could just end up slowing things down.

​Hosting housing colleagues in Wellington

On behalf of the Australasian Housing Institute, CHA hosted a delegation of housing officials from the US-based National Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO).

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​Wellington City Council proceeds with HNZ lease

Site 2 of the former Arlington Apartments in Mount Cook, now named Te Māra, is just weeks from completion following two years of construction. At a Council meeting today, councillors unanimously voted for the recommendation that Council enter negotiations with HNZ...

Auckland Council in breach of Human Rights Act

Waipareira CEO John Tamihere told Mayor Phil Goff – fresh from his ‘Hunt for the Homeless’ stunt – the policy enforced by Panuku, the property arm of council, was discriminatory. He said Goff must be aware this policy will generate more homeless. There is no...

​More thermal upgrades for homes in the Hutt

The retrofit programme follows an initial pilot of upgrading existing Housing NZ properties in Lower Hutt. Sixty homes have been completed to date as part of the pilot and a further six will be completed next month. “The Housing NZ programme is making these homes...

The Nation: Housing New Zealand CEO Andrew McKenzie

• Andrew McKenzie denies Housing New Zealand had a cultural problem. "As an organisation, we were placing emphasis on different things. If you're a landlord, you think of those things that you've got to get a balance...you're looking after a home, you're making sure...

Council proposes partnership on new social housing site

Site 2 of the former Arlington Apartments in Mount Cook was re-named Te Māra at a dawn blessing on Monday. The units are a mix of one, two, three and four bedrooms, and include a community room on the site. Te Māra offers 160 bedrooms and the potential to house up to...

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