September 26, 2017 | News Wellington City Council has voted unanimously to give the green light to a revamp of the city's housing policy.
September 21, 2017 | News Developers behind a large housing development in the east Auckland suburb of Tamaki risk falling behind deadline if the pace of building doesn't pick up.
September 21, 2017 | News Working alongside Beacon Pathway, BRANZ have been developing an assessment tool to guide good practice for medium density development in New Zealand.
September 21, 2017 | News Mike Fox, is the Director of Easybuild Ltd and he attended a presentation by world renowned financial commentator, John Kay, in Auckland hosted by BRANZ.
September 21, 2017 | News In this press release sent out today by Māori Housing peak body, Te Matapihi, they call for a Māori housing finance reform.
Here's our latest newsletter that looks at: Dwell Housing Trust's new affordable housing solution, CHA's submission on MBIE's draft fire safety design guide, and we read James Goodhue's housing plan for New Zealand, plus much, much more.
September 18, 2017 | News Redeveloping central city buildings for residential housing and a one-stop shop for consents are among a raft of measures to be "pursued as a matter of urgency" to tackle Wellington's dire housing needs. Wellington City Council will be meeting this week to consider recommendations.
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.