September 27, 2016 | News The National Director, supported by a small team, will be responsible for implementing three key strategic objectives over the next five years – the first is to develop a continuous improvement path of operational excellence; the second is to achieve moderate and sustainable growth with the assistance of government support; and the third is to establish and entrench the “Mission in Place” model into the social housing portfolio.
September 26, 2016 | News Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has repeated his call for the Reserve Bank to exempt first home buyers from the Loan-to-value restrictions following news that more than one million kiwis are now locked out of home ownership.
September 26, 2016 | News The Māori Party’s housing plan to put more Māori into more homes has been a complete failure with fewer than five loans granted per year, says Labour’s Maori Development spokesperson Kelvin Davis.
September 26, 2016 | News Councils can now submit indicative proposals for the Government’s $1 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund, Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith says.
September 26, 2016 | News Auckland council’s Finance and Performance Committee approved funding of $2 million to the James Liston Hostel in the Auckland CBD to enhance the quality and quantity of emergency housing for rough sleepers and homeless people.The funding will come from the City Centre Targeted Rate with the full support of the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board.
September 26, 2016 | News The Salvation Army is to receive more than $1.5 million to fund 884 emergency housing places across the country each year.
September 19, 2016 | News The focus and debate lately has been on Auckland, which is bursting at the seams with population growth and an average housing market topping $1m. However, there is one area of the country that is facing an even bigger affordability crisis – the Queenstown-Lakes District.
September 19, 2016 | News The Government will redevelop 300 existing Housing New Zealand (HNZ) properties into about 1200 new homes in Northcote, Ministers Bill English and Dr Nick Smith have announced.
September 19, 2016 | News Leading Environmental law firm, Berry Simons, is calling on the Government to consider the need to address housing demand, rather than focusing only on bringing more supply to the market, in its bid to curb Auckland’s severe housing shortage.
September 19, 2016 | News Health Minister Jonathan Coleman and Building and Housing Minister Nick Smith say 13.1 hectares of vacant land at Counties Manukau is being freed up for housing.
