September 18, 2017 | News A community housing taskforce, established by Mayor, K. Gurunathan, earlier this year, has released a report showing more people are becoming homeless as a result of skyrocketing house prices and rents.
September 18, 2017 | News Here is an article written by James Goodhue for the Spinoff, that looks at how New Zealand can get out of the housing hole we’ve found ourselves in. This is well worth a read. James previously worked as a development manager for community housing provider, CORT, in Auckland. In the article he puts forward a comprehensive plan and looks at affordability in-depth and in the context of the housing continuum.
September 11, 2017 | News Dunedin is set to trial a youth housing facility to keep at-risk youth, including those who engage in prostitution in exchange for accommodation, off the streets.
September 11, 2017 | News Here's our latest newsletter that looks at: A report from August's Auckland Housing Summit, a profile on Tau and Kelly who are Housing Foundations 100th family housed, and building the capacity of the community housing sector, plus much, much more.
Government have announced where Housing First funding, announced in Budget 2017, will be expanded to.
Community leaders in Porirua have expressed concern about the reduction of Housing NZ stock by 4000 over the last two years.
The Ministry of Social Development has announced it’s allocating $18 million towards the construction of supportive housing for the homeless on the Auckland City Mission’s Hobson Street site.
Moira Lawler fears a future problem is looming if the government can't come up with a solid strategy. The National Party has pledged two funding boosts to tackle homelessness, injecting $27 million into the Auckland City Mission to help them build a new 80-unit complex and funding Housing First in the regions.
Te Urumingi Whanau Trust on the Whanganui river are building pumice-block homes with support from the Maori Housing Network.
We will be holding our AGM in Wellington this year at Te Wharewaka o Poneke – 2 Taranaki St. You can find nomination forms, agenda and election details here.
