Community Housing Aotearoa says the Government’s new approach to home ownership is a win for the many thousands of New Zealanders seeking an affordable place to call home. “We’re especially heartened by the Government’s intention to partner in a more meaningful way...
“The community housing sector has always been about taking innovative approaches when old models have failed. We share Prime Minister Ardern’s frustration at the lack of progress in achieving her government’s vision for housing. “The community housing sector now looks...
Te Puni Kōkiri Māori Housing Network has invested $1.025m to repair 31 whare in the region over the past year. They have completed 125 repairs region-wide since the Māori Housing Network began in early 2016. “The impact on whānau is that they are feeling more...
Over the past twenty-five years, the quality and affordability of New Zealand housing has declined drastically, says Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman. Short-sighted and discriminatory housing policies have resulted in a society in which the poor and needy are...
Community Housing Aotearoa and Christchurch City Council have organised this meeting as a follow up to the discussion on 8 September, here are the minutes of that meeting. At that meeting there was interest in forming a network of providers to work on increasing the...
With a full audience of 184 people at CHA’s annual conference held today in Wellington at Te Wharewaka ki Poneke, the Minister of Social Housing, Paula Bennett, discussed the Government’s support of the community housing sector. Here is the speech.
The agreement between the Tauranga Moana & Te Puke Housing Consortium and the Masterton Trust House Community Enterprise is the first of its kind in New Zealand and comes at a time before the start of social housing transfers in Invercargill and Tauranga. Read...