Current perceptions of housing as a commodity, of development at any expense, and the exclusion of the most vulnerable, remain dominant in the global approach to housing, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, warned.
The Nelson Tasman Housing Trust (NTHT) has the go-ahead for six new housing units on a former state housing site in Orchard St, Stoke. The site has been vacant since 2014, but NTHT Chair David Johnston says with resource consent now granted, construction will soon be underway, with completion due in April 2017.
Tenancy investigators from a new government team have begun inspecting New Zealand’s rental homes – and say they were disappointed with what they found in Dunedin last week.
Housing New Zealand lodged 60 resource consent applications in the last quarter which, if approved, will build houses for over 3000 people in Auckland, Ministers Bill English and Paula Bennett say.
On 25 October CHA held a seminar on Social Investment in Community Housing with Philanthropy NZ in Auckland.Here you will find the presentations and some of the media from this event.
Wellington Mayor Justin Lester has announced the establishment of a Mayoral Task Force on housing to tackle the escalating issue of housing affordability in the Capital. “Wellington is thriving, with a healthy economy and growing population,” Mayor Lester says.
Our Place- a plan for housing affordability in New Zealand is a working document. We want it to be a document that all stakeholders engage and identify with and are seeking your feedback to further shape and provide more detail for the plan leading up to the CHA – IMPACT Conference 2017.
Permanent, secure, appropriate and safe housing is recognised as a basic human right. We are faced with an intergenerational problem of inadequate housing that needs to be fixed now. To ensure all New Zealanders have this need met, social and affordable housing markets must continue to grow and deliver mixed-income, mixed-tenure community developments.
Our Place - is a plan for delivering affordable housing in Aotearoa-New Zealand and has been prepared on behalf of the community housing sector by Community Housing Aotearoa.
We all have a role to play in resolving the housing crisis across all segments of the housing continuum. Here are more detailed explanations on the proposed actions to see all New Zealanders well-housed that can be seen on page 14 and 15 of Our Place - 2016 .
The Government is considering changes to the Residential Tenancy Act over when property damage costs can be reclaimed from tenants, Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith says.
