Aging in place and home safety

Jan 23, 2018 | News

Age Concern have a list of resources on their website for adapting homes for future needs. (Image from Age Concern NZ website) Lifetime (or Universal) design is about making homes that people can live in and enjoy regardless of their age, mobility or stage of life....
Auditor-General report on social housing

Auditor-General report on social housing

Dec 19, 2017 | Reports & Articles

The Auditor-General published a report today looking at how well Housing New Zealand uses information to meet the needs of its tenants in its management of tenancies, maintenance of houses, and management and investment in new and existing housing. They made a number...

​Reserve Bank to ease LVR restrictions

Nov 29, 2017 | News

NEWS RELEASE 29 NOVEMBER New Zealand’s financial system remains sound and risks to the system have reduced over the past six months, Reserve Bank Governor Grant Spencer said today when releasing the Bank’s November Financial Stability Report. “Momentum in the global...

Minister commissions stocktake of New Zealand’s housing crisis

Nov 27, 2017 | News

The Government press release released on 25 November states: “For too long, the previous government refused to accept the housing crisis and establish the scale of the problem we face,” says Minister Twyford. “For instance, it was only once the Labour-led Government...