Social Housing Minister Amy Adams says the Government plans to buy another two motels to put up homeless people. The new purchases come on top of the four motels already bought by the Ministry of Social Development for emergency housing, at a cost of $4 million.
A contentious deal over Auckland Council-owned affordable housing land has been widened to include four possible buyers, after a spat over the price.
Queenstown's council is considering more radical solutions to the town's housing crisis after the government's Special Housing Areas (SHAs) failed to bring down prices.
MSD has announced a number of housing initiatives that will be included in their approach to improve the mental health of New Zealanders under the Mental Health Social Investment Fund.
16 units at the former Eastland Motor Lodge are among 2150 transitional housing places that will be created around the country by the end of the year, Minister of Social Housing, Amy Adams said in Gisborne on 14 August 2017.
Whanganui's Salvation Army wants local landlords to drop prejudices about the city's homeless. The charity has funding for seven rentals, but is struggling to find long term housing for those in need.
The money spent by the Government on emergency housing could be enough to build a whole village. That's the opinion of one speaker at a Wellington housing forum on 9 August reports the NZ Herald.
In this newsletter we pay our respects to our colleague Natalie Jameson. We also hear some reflections from David Zussman on his recent trip to the UK and get a glimpse of the new MSD restructuring.
On 8 August Auckland Council decided what their position and role in relation to improving, ending and preventing homelessness would be. To see the options and decision please go here.
Penina Health is the first Pacific provider under the Government's social housing reform programme to be working in this area. The hope to support up to 84 families a year.
