This article was written by Tess McGlure for Vice. It looks at how New Zealand’s housing crisis is forcing solo mothers and domestic violence victims onto the streets.
Lower Hutt Council is looking at ways to increase the housing options in their city. One solution is re-zoning for medium density housing in the centre of the city.
In this newsletter you will find information on the: Annual General Meeting on 24 October. The Community Housing Aotearoa team has changes and we tell you about those. We also meet Brook Turner from Vision West.
New figures show 98 free-market affordable homes have been built under the government's Auckland Housing Accord.
Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou are to provide emergency housing in Gisborne. One wing of former hotel rooms at the Te Tini o Porou Conference Centre will be converted into emergency accommodation units. This will make it easier for elderly Māori to find emergency housing.
Todd Niall of Radio NZ analyses Phil Goff’s first year as Mayor of Auckland. Community Housing Aoteaora Chief Executive was interviewed by Todd on the Council’s progress in the housing area.
Community housing providers are asked to register their interest in providing and developing Rotorua Lakes Council's pensioner housing.
We’d like to share the quarter ending June 2017 results of the Community Housing Supply Survey with you. This project has now been running for a year and is showing us a dynamic view of the sector.
At the upcoming October 24th Community Housing Aotearoa AGM, four seats on the CHA council are open for election. The candidates for these positions are listed here, and the agenda for the workshops and AGM.
While New Zealand struggles with a lack of affordable houses, one Nordic country has come up with a permanent solution. In the last ten years, Finland has provided 16,300 permanent low-cost flats to homeless people.
