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 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 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 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.
