The meeting was to discuss Housing NZ’s (HNZ) plans to build 300 new units in Lower Hutt and also refurbish existing stock. Mayor Wallace says he welcomes the project as it will provide much needed, high-quality housing stock in Lower Hutt, and contribute...
At a Council meeting on 20 March 2018, Council approved an additional four Special Housing Area applications to be recommended to the Associate Minister of Housing and Urban Development for consideration. 3D Hill Street North 2 City Heights 31 Tipahi Street 397...
“Around half of all Kiwis now live in rented homes. This Bill could put up to $47 million into the pockets of Kiwi families each year. “This could make a real difference to struggling families. There are significant costs associated with moving to a new rental...
Building Better Homes Towns and Cities National Science Challenge research - involving Professor Laurence Murphy in Auckland and Dr Bev James in Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty - show that the Special Housing Areas legislation introduced in 2013 shows little...
One Double Five Community House co-ordinator Carol Peters said Northlanders were living on streets, in emergency houses, in overcrowded houses and even in cowsheds. Peters said building cheaper houses was a way to alleviate the problem but that required partnership...
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Following from the IMPACT Conference in June, colleagues have said to us “to make a bigger difference we have to do things differently”. We need some disruption! We’ve asked Leonie Freeman, leader of Housing Connect and the Auckland Housing Summit to help us get ready...
Community Housing Aotearoa Scott Figenshow chief executive with Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust executive officer Julie Scott in front of homes under the shared equity scheme in Queenstown. Experts at a SmartGrowth Housing Affordability Forum workshop looked...
The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust expects to begin building 14 homes on a greenfield site near Onslow Rd, bordering Lake Hayes Estate, next June. The development will be the trust’s first under its “Secure Home” programme, which is based...
A concept sketch for Dunedin project High Street Cohousing Photo: Supplied by www.architype.co.nz Co-housing involves family homes being built in clusters of up to 35, around shared living spaces, gardens and communal facilities. The concept has existed in some other...
26 October 2017 Community housing sector ready to increase social and affordable homes New Zealand’s community housing sector welcomes the new Labour-led coalition Government. “We are ready to partner to see ‘all New Zealanders well-housed’,” says Scott Figenshow, CE...
The just-announced Housing Minister told the NZ Herald how labour, skills and land shortages in the over-stretched, under-delivering, under-resourced high-priced housing market were planned to be resolved by his regime which will change immigration laws and form...
New figures from the Ministry of Social Development and cited in this Stuff article show that in the last three months $8.96 million was given out to cover short seven-day motel stays for families or individuals in dire need. Figures show 9159 grants made. This is a...
In the Labour-Greens confidence and supply agreement, reported here by the Herald, there is a promise to deliver innovative home ownership models within the state and a broader community housing programme. “A rent-to-own scheme or similar progressive ownership...