Leonie Freeman introduced her Auckland housing plan at the CHA seminar on 26 October where we heard how she wanted to bring together multiple stakeholders to address housing affordability in Auckland.
In August, TRC issued an invitation for expressions of interest for the first phase of a programme to redevelop approximately 1000 existing social homes into approximately 2500 new social, affordable and private market houses in northern Tāmaki.
In this newsletter we read about the Community Housing Provider Capacity report and the proposed social housing transfer in Christchurch. We provide some information on responding to a future earthquake and we look at some new research on Waimahia Inlet, a model for great community housing.
The recent earthquake focused our small, central Wellington team on thinking about how we might respond to a similar event in the future. In this article you can read how we are preparing ourselves as resilient workers and find links to earthquake preparedness resources.
The first of 14 families have begun moving into a new block of apartments in Auckland which are the result of a partnership between government agencies and community housing providers, Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett says.
The Green Party is launching a plan today to help people struggling with student loans get into their first home.
Green MP Gareth Hughes’s Student Loan Scheme First Home Repayment Diversion Bill was launched today, the latest in a series of Green Party policies to address the housing crisis.
A Nelson Mail article on 24 November shows a single mother caring for six children feels there is no option but to pitch a tent at a Nelson campground after struggling to find a rental house. Karla Tunney said she was given 90-days notice to leave her rental home in Richmond with no explanation after living there for three weeks
Land suitable for 60 apartments on the Te Atatu Peninsula is the latest addition to the Crown Land Programme, Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith says.
Fixing the housing crisis in Auckland is simple, according to Leonie Freeman. She knows how to do it. But, asks Simon Wilson of the Spinoff asks- will anyone let her? These are the steps Leone has identified:
Earlier this year the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) sent out an open Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide 1,000 additional social housing places in Auckland’s high demand areas, by December 2019. The closing date for submissions for this RFP has now been extended from 25 November 2016 to 25 November 2017.
