In this newsletter we announce the short list for the Christchurch stock transfer and look into the new standard introduced for methamphetamine testing. We also hear from the former Chairman and President of the Master Builders Association and current CEO of Easybuild Mike Fox on why the current system stops builders from delivering affordable housing.
Homelessness - a view from the United States was written by Jan Rivers of Scoop media following our recent community housing conference in Wellington where we were joined by Nan Roman of the US National Alliance to End Homelessness. Nan talked about the US efforts to cut homelessness and what she had to say was highly relevant to New Zealand.
Standards New Zealand has today released NZS 8510:2017 Testing and decontamination of methamphetamine-contaminated properties, which will provide industry guidance on good practice methods in the testing and clean-up of methamphetamine contamination in houses.
At the recent Community Housing Aotearoa conference in Wellington Mike Fox provided a short presentation outlining why the construction industry is finding it impossible to supply affordable housing. Mike says that without political ownership or a major overhaul of the current regulatory processes affordable housing will never be delivered. Here is his address which summarises the housing development industries 30 year journey to unaffordability.
Why are Māori and Pacific homeownership rates declining? Rau Hoskins of peak body for Māori Housing, Te Mataphihi, talks to Radio New Zealand on why this has happened.
The homes earmarked for Opal Drive would be the same design as these homes also built for transitional housing, at Luke Street in Auckland.
A call for contributors to the Parity edition of Homelessness in Aotearoa New Zealand October 2017
Lisa Owen interviewed Consultant Peter Fa’afiu, Hurimoana Dennis, chair of Te Puea Marae and Major Campbell Roberts from the Salvation Army on the Nation.
Housing New Zealand Corporation (HNZ) are looking to partner with suppliers, service providers and/or developers in the market to deliver new and innovative solutions that contribute towards HNZ’s objectives of:
• increasing the pace and scale of housing supply, particularly in the Auckland region;
• improving the quality of our homes; and
• making best use of our homes.
On 1 April 2017, IHC subsidiary Accessible Properties Limited took over responsibility for 1138 former Housing New Zealand houses and tenancies in Tauranga for an initial 25-year term.
