REINZ calls for housing shortage to be tackled in budget

Housing New Zealand currently has a significant housing shortage across the country, and the Auckland shortage is around 60,000 properties alone. Until we’re able to start to back-fill some of that shortage, houses are only going to continue to remain unaffordable for...

Winter 2018 Public Announcements

We are pleased to see Government’s continued support in this approach that was brought to New Zealand by the Community Housing Sector in 2015. We would like to see it paired with sustainable support for emergency housing. Together we would have an effective...

​Papakāinga provides refuge in time of need

The Minister has attended the opening and blessing of five two-bedroom, pre-fabricated homes at Kōkōhīnau Marae today. The $2.7 million development was carried out with funding support from the Te Puni Kōkiri Māori Housing Network and the Ministry of Business,...