The election is coming up in September and this paper prepared by Hui E! is intended to help communities and community groups make sense of the many different issues that we are involved in. It also gives some ideas for how you can make a difference in the election.
This is part two of David Zussman's reflections from his recent trip home to Manchester in the UK and attending the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Conference. David Zussman works for Community Housing Aotearoa.
Dwell Housing Trust in Wellington are searching for a new chair following the resignation of Paul Scholey.
Auckland Council's Homelessness Policy Project, released on 19 July forecasted a rise in the number of homeless in Auckland to 24,000 by 2017 based on 2013 census figures.
The official waiting list for social housing grew by 40 per cent in the last year, and has passed 5000 households for the first time since the Ministry of Social Development took over responsibility in mid-2014.
MBIE is seeking your feedback on a proposed Design Guide for Fire Safety: Residential Community Housing. The consultation will run from 17 July to 11 September 2017.
A new online dashboard, along with the written guidance and development feasibility tool released earlier, will enable councils to undertake data-based planning and better respond to growth pressures.
Tamaki Housing Association in East Auckland recently called for tenders to take over the tenancy management of their tenancies. Their shortlisted providers were Horizon and Compass Housing. Radio New Zealand interviewed Scott Figenshow CE of Community Housing Aotearoa andTamaki Regeneration Company CEO John Holyoake.
Auckland Council's solution for the city's housing crisis has been running for four years but it still cannot say how many affordable homes have been built. Sharon Brett Kelly of Radio new Zealand investigates this issue.
The Government will announce today that it will build and refurbish more than 700 houses in the Hutt Valley over the next five years.The announcement, by Housing New Zealand Minister Amy Adams, follows protests earlier this year about the amount of vacant Housing NZ land in Lower Hutt, and the length of time it had been left.
